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This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
These are the
generations of
Noah.
Noah was a
righteous man,
blameless in his
generation.
Noah walked with
God.
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You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
As for you, you shall
go to your
fathers in
peace;
you shall be
buried in a
good old age.
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In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.’
And they shall come
back here in the
fourth generation, for the
iniquity of the
Amorites is not
yet complete.”
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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
When
Abram was
ninety-nine years old the
Lord appeared to
Abram and
said to him, “I am
God Almighty;
walk before me, and be
blameless,
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Did he not say to me, “She is my sister,” and didn’t she also say, “He is my brother”? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’
Did he not himself
say to me, ‘
She is my
sister’?
And she herself said, ‘He is my
brother.’ In the
integrity of my
heart and the
innocence of my
hands I have
done this.”
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Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Then
God said to him in the
dream, “
Yes, I
know that you have
done this in the
integrity of your
heart, and it was I who
kept you from
sinning against me. Therefore I did not
let you
touch her.
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The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
When the
boys grew up,
Esau was a
skillful hunter, a
man of the
field, while
Jacob was a
quiet man,
dwelling in
tents.
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that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the
Lord.’
that you will
do us no
harm, just as we have not
touched you and have
done to you
nothing but good and have
sent you away in
peace.
You are
now the
blessed of the
Lord.”
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Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
In the
morning they rose
early and
exchanged oaths. And
Isaac sent them on their way, and they
departed from him in
peace.
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so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the
Lord will be my God
so that I come
again to my
father’s house in
peace,
then the
Lord shall be my
God,
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After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.
And
Jacob came safely to the
city of
Shechem,
which is in the
land of
Canaan, on his
way from
Paddan-aram, and he
camped before the
city.
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‘These men are friendly towards us,’ they said. ‘Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.
“
These men are at
peace with us; let them
dwell in the
land and
trade in it, for
behold, the
land is
large enough for them. Let us
take their
daughters as
wives, and let us
give them our
daughters.
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When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
But when his
brothers saw that their
father loved him more
than all his
brothers, they
hated him and
could not speak peacefully to him.
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‘I cannot do it,’ Joseph replied to Pharaoh, ‘but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.’
Joseph answered Pharaoh,
“It is not in
me;
God will give
Pharaoh a
favorable answer.”
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When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, ‘Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.’
When
Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he
said to the
steward of his
house, “
Bring the
men into the
house, and
slaughter an
animal and make
ready, for the
men are to
dine with me at
noon.”
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‘It’s all right,’ he said. ‘Don’t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.’ Then he brought Simeon out to them.
He
replied, “
Peace to you, do
not be
afraid. Your
God and the
God of your
father has
put treasure in your
sacks for you. I
received your
money.” Then he
brought Simeon out to them.
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They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.
they
prepared the
present for Joseph’s coming at
noon, for they
heard that they should
eat bread there.
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But Joseph said, ‘Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.’
But he
said, “Far be
it from me that I should
do so! Only the
man in
whose hand the
cup was
found shall be my
servant. But as for you,
go up in
peace to your
father.”
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When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, ‘Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.’
And when the
money was all
spent in the
land of
Egypt and in the
land of
Canaan,
all the
Egyptians came to
Joseph and
said, “
Give us
food.
Why should we
die before your
eyes?
For our
money is
gone.”
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When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, ‘We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
And when that
year was
ended, they
came to him the
following year and
said to him, “We will
not hide from my
lord that our
money is all
spent. The
herds of
livestock are my
lord’s. There is
nothing left in the
sight of my
lord but our
bodies and our
land.
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Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, ‘Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.’
Jethro said, ‘Go, and I wish you well.’
Moses went back to
Jethro his
father-in-law and
said to him, “
Please let me
go back to my
brothers in
Egypt to
see whether they are
still alive.” And
Jethro said to
Moses, “
Go in
peace.”
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The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
Your
lamb shall be
without blemish,
a male a
year old. You may
take it from the
sheep or from the
goats,
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On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.’
On the
sixth day, when they
prepare what they
bring in,
it will be
twice as much as they
gather daily.”
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If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.’
If you
do this,
God will
direct you, you will be
able to
endure,
and all this
people also will
go to their
place in
peace.”
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and be ready by the third day, because on that day the
Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
and be
ready for the
third day.
For on the
third day the
Lord will come
down on
Mount Sinai in the
sight of
all the
people.
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Then he said to the people, ‘Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.’
And he
said to the
people, “
Be ready for the
third day;
do
not go
near a
woman.”
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‘See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
“
Behold, I
send an
angel before you to
guard you on the
way and to
bring you to the
place that I have
prepared.
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At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.
they shall be
separate beneath, but
joined at the
top, at the
first ring. Thus shall it be with
both of them; they shall form the
two corners.
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‘Make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth,
“You shall
make the
robe of the
ephod all of
blue.
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‘This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests: take a young bull and two rams without defect.
“Now
this is
what you shall
do to them to
consecrate them, that they may serve me as
priests.
Take one bull of the
herd and
two rams without blemish,
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Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain.
Be
ready by the
morning, and
come up in the
morning to
Mount Sinai, and
present yourself
there to me on the
top of the
mountain.
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At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.
And they were
separate beneath but
joined at the
top, at the
first ring. He
made two of them this
way for the
two corners.
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They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth – the work of a weaver –
He also
made the
robe of the
ephod woven all of
blue,
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‘“If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the
Lord.
“If his
offering is a
burnt offering from the
herd, he shall
offer a
male without blemish. He shall bring it to the
entrance of the
tent of
meeting, that he may be
accepted before the
Lord.
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‘“If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.
“
If his
gift for a
burnt offering is from the
flock, from the
sheep or
goats, he shall
bring a
male without blemish,
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‘“If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the
Lord an animal without defect.
“If his
offering is a
sacrifice of
peace offering, if he
offers an animal from the
herd,
male or
female,
he shall
offer it
without blemish before the
Lord.
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‘“If you offer an animal from the flock as a fellowship offering to the
Lord, you are to offer a male or female without defect.
“If his
offering for a
sacrifice of
peace offering to the
Lord is an animal from the
flock,
male or
female, he shall
offer it
without blemish.
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From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the
Lord: its fat, the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them,
Then from the
sacrifice of the
peace offering he shall
offer as a
food offering to the
Lord its
fat; he shall remove the
whole fat tail, cut
off close to the
backbone, and the
fat that
covers the
entrails and all the
fat that is on the
entrails
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‘“If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the
Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
if it is the
anointed priest who
sins, thus bringing
guilt on the
people, then he shall
offer for the
sin that he has
committed a
bull from the
herd without blemish to the
Lord for a
sin offering.
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and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.
or the
sin which he has
committed is made
known to him, he shall
bring as his
offering a
goat, a
male without blemish,
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and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect.
or the
sin which he has
committed is made
known to him, he shall
bring for his
offering a
goat, a
female without blemish, for his
sin which he has
committed.
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‘“If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.
“If he
brings a
lamb as his
offering for a
sin offering, he shall
bring a
female without blemish
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‘When anyone is unfaithful to the
Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the
Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the
Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.
“If
anyone commits a breach of
faith and
sins unintentionally in any of the
holy things of the
Lord,
he shall
bring to the
Lord as his
compensation, a
ram without blemish out of the
flock,
valued in
silver shekels according to the
shekel of the
sanctuary, for a
guilt offering.
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They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven.
He shall
bring to the
priest a
ram without blemish out of the
flock, or its
equivalent, for a
guilt offering, and the
priest shall
make atonement for him for the
mistake that he
made unintentionally, and he shall be
forgiven.
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And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the
Lord, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.
And he shall
bring to the
priest as his
compensation to the
Lord a
ram without blemish out of the
flock, or its
equivalent, for a
guilt offering.
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The son who is to succeed him as anointed priest shall prepare it. It is the
Lord’s perpetual share and is to be burned completely.
The
priest from among Aaron’s
sons, who is
anointed to succeed him, shall
offer it to the
Lord as
decreed forever.
The
whole of it shall be
burned.
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Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must not be eaten.’
Every
grain offering of a
priest shall be
wholly burned. It shall not be
eaten.”
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He said to Aaron, ‘Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the
Lord.
and he
said to
Aaron,
“
Take for yourself a
bull calf for a
sin offering and a
ram for a
burnt offering, both
without blemish, and
offer them
before the
Lord.
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Then say to the Israelites: “Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb – both a year old and without defect – for a burnt offering,
And
say to the
people of
Israel,
‘
Take a male
goat for a
sin offering, and a
calf and a
lamb, both a
year old
without blemish, for a
burnt offering,
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‘On the eighth day they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil.
“And on the
eighth day he shall
take two male lambs without blemish, and
one ewe lamb a
year old without blemish, and a
grain offering of
three tenths of an ephah of
fine flour mixed with
oil, and
one log of
oil.
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you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.
if it is to be
accepted for you it shall be a
male without blemish, of the
bulls or the
sheep or the
goats.
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When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the
Lord to fulfil a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable.
And when
anyone offers a
sacrifice of
peace offerings to the
Lord to
fulfill a
vow or as a
freewill offering from the
herd or from the
flock, to be
accepted it must be
perfect; there shall be no
blemish in it.
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On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the
Lord a lamb a year old without defect,
And on the
day when you
wave the
sheaf, you shall
offer a male
lamb a
year old without blemish as a
burnt offering to the
Lord.
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‘“From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count seven full weeks.
“You shall
count seven full weeks from the
day after the
Sabbath, from the
day that you
brought the
sheaf of the
wave offering.
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Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the
Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings – a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the
Lord.
And you shall
present with the
bread seven lambs a
year old without blemish, and
one bull from the
herd and
two rams. They shall be a
burnt offering to the
Lord, with their
grain offering and their
drink offerings, a
food offering with a
pleasing aroma to the
Lord.
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‘“Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it.
“If a
man sells a
dwelling house in a
walled city, he may
redeem it
within a year of its
sale. For a full
year he shall have the right of
redemption.
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If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer’s descendants. It is not to be returned in the Jubilee.
If it is not
redeemed within a
full year, then the
house in the
walled city shall
belong in
perpetuity to the
buyer, throughout his
generations;
it shall not be
released in the
jubilee.
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‘“I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country.
I will
give peace in the
land, and you shall
lie down, and none shall make you
afraid. And I will
remove harmful beasts from the
land,
and the
sword shall not go
through your
land.
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Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.
And your
strength shall be
spent in
vain, for your
land shall not
yield its
increase, and the
trees of the
land shall not
yield their
fruit.
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Then they are to cover the curtain with durable leather, spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles in place.
Then they shall
put on it a
covering of
goatskin and
spread on top of
that a
cloth all of
blue, and shall
put in its
poles.
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