JDG.json

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   "content": [
    "- Open English Translation—Readers’ Version (OET-RV) v0.1.14"
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    "UTF-8\n"
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   "content": [
    "ESFM v0.6 JDG\n"
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    "WORDTABLE OET-LV_OT_word_table.tsv\n"
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   "content": [
    "Heroes and Guides\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "toc1",
   "content": [
    "Various Heroes and Guides\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "toc2",
   "content": [
    "Heroes and Guides\n"
   ]
  },
  {
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   "marker": "toc3",
   "content": [
    "Ldrs\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "mt2",
   "content": [
    "The accounts of\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "mt1",
   "content": [
    "Various Heroes and Guides\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "mt3",
   "content": [
    "commonly called ‘Judges’\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "is1",
   "content": [
    "Introduction\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "ip",
   "content": [
    "This document commonly called ‘",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "bk",
     "content": [
      "Judges"
     ]
    },
    "’, contains a collection of accounts of ‘",
    {
     "type": "char",
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     "content": [
      "Various Heroes and Guides/Leaders"
     ]
    },
    "’ who helped to rescue the Israeli people from their oppressors. It covers the times from their invasion of Canaan through to just before their first king. Most of these heroes or guides were actually warriors. Shimshon (commonly called ‘Samson’) is the best-known of all of them, and his story can be read in chapters 13–16.\n"
   ]
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "ip",
   "content": [
    "From this document we can learn that Yisrael (‘Israel’ in older English translations) prospered when they obeyed Yahweh’s instructions, but when they disobeyed, then God allowed other peoples and nations to oppress them. However, God is always ready and prepared to save his people whenever they turn away from their disobedience and return again to obeying the instructions that he’d given them.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "ip",
   "content": [
    "The previous book was named after the main character Yehoshua (Joshua) and the following books (Ruth and 1 Shemuel/Samuel) are named after their main characters, but this document with somewhere around a dozen important characters, has no single prominent character that it could be named after. Instead it’s traditionally named ‘Judges’ in English because of around twenty uses of the Hebrew root ‘שָׁפַט’ (shafat) often in roots normally translated as ‘judged’. Despite that, there’s not a single account in this document of these leaders judging the cases and conflicts of the common people. This dilemma offers two possible interpretations: 1/ that these leaders (often military leaders) did judge cases for the common people, but those details aren’t recorded, or 2/ (which we’ve leaned more towards) that this Hebrew word has a wider range of meaning, and so we’ve leaned towards the English word ‘guided’ or ‘led’ in these contexts.\n"
   ]
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "iot",
   "content": [
    "Main components of this account\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "io1",
   "content": [
    "The events up until Yehoshua’s death ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "ior",
     "content": [
      "1:1–2:10"
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "io1",
   "content": [
    "The various heroes/guides of Yisrael ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "ior",
     "content": [
      "2:11–16:31"
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "io1",
   "content": [
    "Various other events ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "ior",
     "content": [
      "17:1–21:25"
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "This is still a very early look into the unfinished text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "ie",
   "content": []
  },
  {
   "type": "chapter",
   "marker": "c",
   "number": "1",
   "sid": "JDG 1"
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "Yehudah and Simeon capture Adoni-Bezek\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 Completing the conquest of Canaan; Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites; Israel’s Failure to Complete the Conquest of Canaan; Judah and Simeon Conquer the Land; The Tribes of Judah and Simeon Capture Adonibezek\n"
   ]
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   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
     "sid": "JDG 1:1"
    },
    "After Yehoshua’s death¦111579, the Israelis¦111583 asked Yahweh¦111584, “",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Which tribe should go¦111587 first¦111593 to attack the Canaanites¦111592"
     ]
    },
    "?”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "2",
     "sid": "JDG 1:2"
    },
    "“Yehudah¦111599 will go¦111600 first,” Yahweh¦111598 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈answered"
     ]
    },
    ". “Listen, I’ve¦111602 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈already determined that they’ll conquer"
     ]
    },
    " the land.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "3",
     "sid": "JDG 1:3"
    },
    "Then the Yehudah¦111609 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "leaders"
     ]
    },
    " said¦111608 to ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "the tribe of"
     ]
    },
    " Simeon¦111610, “",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Come"
     ]
    },
    " with¦111614 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#us"
     ]
    },
    " into the region that we’ve been allocated and¦111608 we can fight¦111615 together against¦111616 the Canaanites¦111616. Then we’ll do the same in¦111614 your¦111622 area.” So¦111608 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈the warriors from the two tribes worked together"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "4",
     "sid": "JDG 1:4"
    },
    "When¦111628 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*they"
     ]
    },
    " attacked, Yahweh¦111630 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈gave¦111629 them victory over"
     ]
    },
    " the Canaanites¦111633 and the Perizzites¦111634 and they killed ten¦111638 thousand¦111639 men at¦111635 Bezek¦111637.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 1:5"
    },
    "They ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈confronted"
     ]
    },
    " Adoni¦111645-Bezek in¦111647 Bezek and fought¦111648 against him (then¦111642 eventually defeating¦111650 the Canaanites¦111653 and the Perizzites¦111656).\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "6",
     "sid": "JDG 1:6"
    },
    "Adoni¦111659-Bezek¦111660 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "tried to"
     ]
    },
    " flee but¦111658 they chased him and captured him, cutting off his thumbs¦111668 and big¦111670 toes.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "7",
     "sid": "JDG 1:7"
    },
    "“Seventy kings¦111678 had their thumbs¦111679 and big¦111681 toes chopped off,” Adoni¦111673-Bezek¦111675 said¦111672, “and were gathering¦111684 scraps of food beneath my table¦111686. Just as I have done, so God¦111693 has repaid¦111690 to me.” Then¦111672 they took him to Yerushalem¦111695 and he died¦111696 there¦111697.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "The capture of Yerushalem and Hebron\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 The Tribe of Judah Conquers Jerusalem and Hebron\n"
   ]
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "8",
     "sid": "JDG 1:8"
    },
    "The warriors from Yehudah¦111703 attacked Yerushalem¦111704 and captured¦111705 the city, killing the inhabitants and setting the city on¦111704 fire.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "9",
     "sid": "JDG 1:9"
    },
    "Then¦111717 they¦111718 fought against¦111722 the Canaanites¦111722 who lived in the hill country¦111724, in the southern ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "wilderness"
     ]
    },
    ", and¦111717 in the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "western"
     ]
    },
    " foothills.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "10",
     "sid": "JDG 1:10"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*They"
     ]
    },
    " also fought the Canaanites¦111732 in¦111734 Kiriath¦111740-Arba (now known as Hebron¦111734) and killed Sheshai¦111744, Ahiman¦111747, and Talmai¦111750.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "Otniel captures Debir\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 Othniel Conquers the City of Debir\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "r",
   "content": [
    "(Josh. 15:13-19)\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "11",
     "sid": "JDG 1:11"
    },
    "From there¦111753 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#they"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈fought against¦111754"
     ]
    },
    " Kiriath¦111764-Sepher¦111764 (now known as Debir¦111757).\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "12",
     "sid": "JDG 1:12"
    },
    "Caleb¦111767 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "had"
     ]
    },
    " said¦111766, “Whoever attacks¦111770 Kiriath¦111773-Sepher¦111775 and¦111766 captures¦111776 it ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈can marry"
     ]
    },
    " my daughter¦111782 Aksah.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "13",
     "sid": "JDG 1:13"
    },
    "Otniel¦111786 (son of Caleb’s¦111791 younger brother¦111790 Kenaz¦111789) captured¦111785 it so ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Caleb"
     ]
    },
    " gave¦111794 his daughter¦111800 Aksah¦111799 to him to become his wife.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
     "sid": "JDG 1:14"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈After the wedding"
     ]
    },
    ", she urged¦111805 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Otniel"
     ]
    },
    " to ask¦111806 her father¦111809 for a field¦111810. When¦111803 she got off her donkey¦111813, Caleb¦111817 asked her, “What can I do for you?”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 1:15"
    },
    "“Give me a blessing¦111827,” she ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈requested"
     ]
    },
    ". “Although you’ve¦111831 given¦111831 me land in the southern wilderness, give¦111832 me some springs of water¦111835 as well.” So¦111822 Caleb¦111839 gave¦111836 her the upper¦111842 springs and¦111822 the lower¦111845 springs.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "The victory of descendants of Yehudah and Benyamin\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 The Victories of the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "16",
     "sid": "JDG 1:16"
    },
    "The Kenites¦111849 (descendants of Mosheh’s¦111851 father-in-law), left the city¦111853 of palm¦111854 trees¦111854 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "(Yericho)"
     ]
    },
    " and went with Yehudah’s¦111858 descendants to the southern wilderness¦111859 near Arad¦111863 and lived with the people¦111868 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "there"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "17",
     "sid": "JDG 1:17"
    },
    "Then¦111870 the warriors of Yehudah¦111871 and Simeon¦111874 conquered the Canaanites¦111879 living¦111880 at Tsefat and destroyed ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@the city¦111889"
     ]
    },
    ". ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "Now"
     ]
    },
    " it’s called¦111884 Hormah¦111890 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "(which means ‘complete destruction’)"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "18",
     "sid": "JDG 1:18"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*They"
     ]
    },
    " also captured¦111892 Gaza¦111896, Ashkelon¦111902, and Ekron¦111908 and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "all"
     ]
    },
    " their surrounding territories.\n",
    {
     "type": "para",
     "marker": "rem",
     "content": [
      "/s1 Israel Fails to Conquer the Land\n"
     ]
    },
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "19",
     "sid": "JDG 1:19"
    },
    "Yahweh¦111914 helped Yehudah¦111917 and¦111921 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#they"
     ]
    },
    " took¦111921 possession¦111921 of the hill country¦111924, although they weren’t able to conquer the people living down in the plains¦111931 because they had iron on their chariots¦111934.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "20",
     "sid": "JDG 1:20"
    },
    "They gave¦111938 Hebron¦111942 to Caleb¦111939 just as Mosheh¦111945 had directed, and¦111938 he dispossessed¦111946 the three¦111950 sons¦111951 of the Anak¦111952 from there¦111947.",
    {
     "type": "note",
     "marker": "x",
     "content": [
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xo",
       "content": [
        "1:20: "
       ]
      },
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xt",
       "content": [
        "Josh 15:13-14."
       ]
      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
    },
    "\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "21",
     "sid": "JDG 1:21"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈However"
     ]
    },
    " Benyamin’s¦111962 descendants didn’t¦111959 drive the Yebusites¦111956 living¦111957 in Yerushalem out, so ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*they"
     ]
    },
    " have lived among the Benyamites in Yerushalem to this day¦111971.",
    {
     "type": "note",
     "marker": "x",
     "content": [
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xo",
       "content": [
        "1:21: "
       ]
      },
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xt",
       "content": [
        "Josh 15:63; 2Sam 5:6; 1Ch 11:4."
       ]
      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
    },
    "\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "Efrayim and Menashsheh conquer Beyt-El\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 The Tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh Conquer Beyt-El\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "22",
     "sid": "JDG 1:22"
    },
    "Also¦111982 Yosef’s¦111978 descendants attacked Beyt-El, and Yahweh¦111985 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈helped"
     ]
    },
    " them.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "23",
     "sid": "JDG 1:23"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*They"
     ]
    },
    " sent spies out to Beyt-El¦111991 (previously called Luz¦111999)\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "24",
     "sid": "JDG 1:24"
    },
    "and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*they"
     ]
    },
    " saw a man coming¦112004 out of the city and told him, “Please¦112012 show us an entrance¦112014 into the city, and we’ll be kind to you.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "25",
     "sid": "JDG 1:25"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦112020"
     ]
    },
    " he showed¦112020 them an entrance¦112023, and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@their warriors"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "attacked and"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈killed the inhabitants"
     ]
    },
    ", but¦112020 they let the man¦112034 and his family¦112039 go¦112040 free.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "26",
     "sid": "JDG 1:26"
    },
    "The man¦112043 went¦112042 to the land of the Hittites¦112045 and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈founded"
     ]
    },
    " a city¦112047 and called it Luz¦112050 (which it’s still called to this day¦112054).\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "The locals not driven out by the Israelis\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 People Who Were Not Driven Out by the Israelites\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "27",
     "sid": "JDG 1:27"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈However"
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    "The Amorites¦112222 forced Dan’s¦112227 descendants¦112225 to live in the hill country¦112228, because they¦112221 didn’t¦112231 allow¦112232 them to come¦112233 down to the plains¦112234.\n",
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    "The Amorites were determined¦112236 to live¦112238 at¦112239 Mt¦112239. Heres¦112241, in¦112239 Ayyalon and¦112236 Shaalbim¦112243 (but¦112236 when Yosef’s¦112248 descendants became stronger, they¦112249 forced¦112250 the Amorites ",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "36",
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     "marker": "v",
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     "number": "2",
     "sid": "JDG 2:2"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "3",
     "sid": "JDG 2:3"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "4",
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    "When¦112325 Yahweh’s messenger¦112327 finished saying that, the people wept loudly,\n",
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     "sid": "JDG 2:5"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "8",
     "sid": "JDG 2:8"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "9",
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    "and¦112416 they buried¦112416 him¦112417 in¦112418 his allocated land at¦112418 Timnat¦112420-Heres, inside Efrayim’s¦112424 hill¦112426 country¦112423 territory¦112418 north¦112425 of Mt¦112426. Gaash¦112428.",
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   "marker": "p",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "10",
     "sid": "JDG 2:10"
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    },
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    },
    " know about what he’d done for ",
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    {
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "11",
     "sid": "JDG 2:11"
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    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "12",
     "sid": "JDG 2:12"
    },
    "and abandoned¦112473 the god of their¦112479 ancestors¦112479, Yahweh, the one who brought¦112480 them out of Egypt¦112483. ",
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    },
    " they went after¦112485 other¦112488 gods—the gods of the people¦112490 around¦112492 them. They worshipped them and that¦112491 made Yahweh angry.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "13",
     "sid": "JDG 2:13"
    },
    "They abandoned¦112502 Yahweh¦112505 and ",
    {
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     "content": [
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    },
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    {
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     "content": [
      "idols"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
     "sid": "JDG 2:14"
    },
    {
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    },
    " Yahweh¦112513 ",
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    },
    " Yisrael¦112514 so ",
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    },
    " and ",
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     "content": [
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    " so they could no longer stand¦112529 against them.\n",
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 2:15"
    },
    {
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     "content": [
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    },
    ", Yahweh¦112539 ",
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    },
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "16",
     "sid": "JDG 2:16"
    },
    "Then¦112555 Yahweh¦112556 ",
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      }
     ],
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    },
    " to save them from the raiders.\n",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "17",
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    {
     "type": "char",
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     "content": [
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    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "18",
     "sid": "JDG 2:18"
    },
    "Whenever Yahweh¦112595 ",
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     "content": [
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    },
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     "content": [
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     ]
    },
    " that leader and would save them from their¦112617 enemies¦112606 during that leader’s life, because¦112592 he pitied ",
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    },
    " when they groaned¦112614 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    },
    ".\n",
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "19",
     "sid": "JDG 2:19"
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    {
     "type": "char",
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    },
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    },
    ". They didn’t¦112633 stop any of their evil activities or their shameless behaviour\n",
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     "number": "20",
     "sid": "JDG 2:20"
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    {
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    },
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     "content": [
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    },
    " at¦112643 Yisrael¦112643 and said¦112644, “This nation¦112648 has broken the agreement that¦112653 I made with¦112643 their¦112657 ancestors¦112657 and haven’t ",
    {
     "type": "char",
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     "content": [
      "≈done what I told¦112654 them to"
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    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "21",
     "sid": "JDG 2:21"
    },
    "I won’t¦112665 keep driving the people groups away that¦112673 ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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     ]
    },
    " when Yehoshua died¦112677,\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "22",
     "sid": "JDG 2:22"
    },
    "so as to use them to test Yisrael¦112684 ",
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     "content": [
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     ]
    },
    " whether¦112685 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    },
    " will obey my instructions like their¦112695 ancestors¦112695 did, or not.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "23",
     "sid": "JDG 2:23"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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     ]
    },
    " Yahweh¦112701 allowed those people groups to stay on¦112711, and¦112700 hence they hadn’t been ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈handed over"
     ]
    },
    " to Yehoshua¦112713.\n"
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  },
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   "marker": "c",
   "number": "3",
   "sid": "JDG 3"
  },
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
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  },
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   "type": "para",
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   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
     "sid": "JDG 3:1"
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    "and closed¦113154 and locked¦113158 the rooms of the upper room and exited through the porch¦113153.",
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     "type": "verse",
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     "number": "4",
     "sid": "JDG 4:4"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Now¦113381"
     ]
    },
    " the prophetess¦113376 Deborah¦113374 (Lappidot’s¦113378 wife¦113377) was leading Yisrael¦113383 at¦113384 that time¦113384.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 4:5"
    },
    "She ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈would sit"
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    },
    " under¦113389 the palm¦113391 tree¦113391 between Ramah¦113394 and Beyt-El (in¦113399 the Efrayimite hill country¦113399), and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈people¦113403"
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    },
    " would come to her ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈to have their disputes settled"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "6",
     "sid": "JDG 4:6"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "One day"
     ]
    },
    " she¦113407 summoned Barak¦113409 (Abinoam’s¦113412 son from Kedesh¦113413 in¦113426 Naftali) and told¦113418 him, “Yisrael’s¦113423 god¦113421, Yahweh¦113420 commands¦113418 you¦113429 to draft ten¦113430 thousand¦113431 men from Naftali and Zebulun and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "assemble"
     ]
    },
    " at¦113426 Mt¦113426. Tabor¦113427.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "7",
     "sid": "JDG 4:7"
    },
    "Yahweh will lure King Yabin’s¦113450 army commander¦113447, Sisera¦113446 bring his warriors and chariots¦113453 to the Kishon¦113443 river, and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Yahweh will enable you¦113439 to defeat them there"
     ]
    },
    ".”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "8",
     "sid": "JDG 4:8"
    },
    "“I’ll¦113474 go if you’ll come with me,” ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈replied"
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    },
    " Barak¦113462, “",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈but¦113460"
     ]
    },
    " if you won’t come with me, I won’t go.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "9",
     "sid": "JDG 4:9"
    },
    "“I’ll¦113478 certainly¦113477 go with¦113492 you,” she said, “but it won’t¦113482 be you that’s honoured¦113484 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈afterwards"
     ]
    },
    ", but ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "rather"
     ]
    },
    " Yahweh¦113496 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    },
    " Sisera¦113499.” So¦113476 Deborah¦113501 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈accompanied"
     ]
    },
    " Barak¦113508 to Kedesh¦113509.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "10",
     "sid": "JDG 4:10"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "There"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*he"
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    },
    " summoned¦113511 ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "warriors from"
     ]
    },
    " Zebulun and Naftali¦113518 and ten¦113522 thousand¦113523 men came, and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "they all went¦113525 together"
     ]
    },
    " with¦113521 Deborah¦113527 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "to Mt. Tabor"
     ]
    },
    ".\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "11",
     "sid": "JDG 4:11"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Now"
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    },
    " Heber had moved ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "with¦113542 his wife Yael and their family"
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    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈away from the other"
     ]
    },
    " Kenites¦113530 (and from Mosheh’s¦113536 father-in-law Hobab’s¦113534 descendants) and set up his tent¦113538 by the oak tree¦113541 at¦113542 Zaanannim¦113542 near Kedesh¦113547.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "12",
     "sid": "JDG 4:12"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈When¦113549"
     ]
    },
    " Sisera¦113550 was told that Barak¦113553 (Abinoam’s¦113556 son) had gone to Mt¦113557. Tabor¦113559,\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "13",
     "sid": "JDG 4:13"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*he"
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    },
    " assembled his warriors and their nine¦113569 hundred¦113570 chariots¦113568 (with iron on them) ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "and went from"
     ]
    },
    " Haroshet¦113580-Haggoyim¦113581 to the Kishon¦113585 riverbed.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
     "sid": "JDG 4:14"
    },
    "“Get going,” Deborah¦113588 told Barak, “because it’s today that¦113596 Yahweh¦113598 has gone ahead of you and¦113587 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈will help you defeat"
     ]
    },
    " Sisera¦113601.” So¦113587 Barak led his ten¦113611 thousand¦113612 warriors down from Mt. Tabor¦113610.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 4:15"
    },
    "Then¦113616 Yahweh¦113617 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈caused Sisera and all his warriors and chariots¦113625 to be confused¦113616 as Barak¦113635 advanced"
     ]
    },
    ", ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈so"
     ]
    },
    " Sisera jumped down from his chariot¦113639 and took off on¦113641 foot¦113641.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "16",
     "sid": "JDG 4:16"
    },
    "Barak pursued¦113644 the men and chariots¦113646 as far as Haroshet¦113650-Haggoyim¦113651 and they killed them all—not a single one survived.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "17",
     "sid": "JDG 4:17"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈But¦113666"
     ]
    },
    " Sisera had fled on¦113668 foot¦113668 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "and ran to"
     ]
    },
    " Yael’s¦113672 tent¦113671 (Heber the Kenite’s¦113678 wife¦113673) because there was peace¦113680 between King¦113683 Yabin¦113682 of Hatsor and the house¦113687 of Heber the Kenite.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "18",
     "sid": "JDG 4:18"
    },
    "Yael¦113692 went out to meet Sisera¦113694 and told him, “",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Stop and rest"
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    },
    ", my master¦113698. ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Stop and rest here"
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    },
    ". Don’t be afraid¦113703.” So¦113691 he turned¦113704 and went into her tent¦113706, and she covered¦113707 him with¦113708 a blanket.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "19",
     "sid": "JDG 4:19"
    },
    "“I’m thirsty¦113719,” he said. “Could you get me a little¦113715 water¦113717 to drink.” ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Yael"
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    },
    " opened¦113720 a goatskin container and¦113710 gave him milk to drink, then¦113710 she covered¦113726 him ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "again"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "20",
     "sid": "JDG 4:20"
    },
    "“Stand at the tent¦113732 doorway,” he said¦113728, “and if anyone comes and asks¦113738 you if ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈you’ve seen a man"
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    },
    ", say¦113744, ‘No.’ ”\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "21",
     "sid": "JDG 4:21"
    },
    "Then¦113747 Heber’s¦113751 wife¦113749 Yael¦113748 got a hammer¦113759 and a tent¦113755 peg and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈crept in¦113760 silently"
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    },
    ", driving the peg through his temple¦113768 and pounding it into the ground,. He’d been tired and was sleeping¦113773 soundly, and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈it killed him"
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    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "22",
     "sid": "JDG 4:22"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Meanwhile"
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    },
    " Barak¦113778 ",
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     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈had been searching for"
     ]
    },
    " Sisera, and Yael¦113784 went out to meet him. “Come in¦113804 here,” she told him, “and I’ll¦113789 show you the man¦113792 you’ve been searching for.” He ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈followed her into the tent"
     ]
    },
    " and wow—Sisera was lying¦113801 there dead with¦113804 the peg ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "still"
     ]
    },
    " through his temple¦113804.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "23",
     "sid": "JDG 4:23"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦113806"
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    },
    " that day¦113808 God¦113807 defeated Canaanite¦113814 King¦113812 Yabin’s¦113811 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "army"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈in front¦113815 of the Israelis¦113817"
     ]
    },
    ",\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "24",
     "sid": "JDG 4:24"
    },
    "and¦113819 as ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*they"
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    },
    " became stronger¦113825 against ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*him"
     ]
    },
    ", they destroyed King¦113828 Yabin¦113827 of Canaan¦113830.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "chapter",
   "marker": "c",
   "number": "5",
   "sid": "JDG 5"
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "Deborah and Barak sing together\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
     "sid": "JDG 5:1"
    },
    "That¦113846 day¦113847, Deborah¦113842 and Barak¦113843 sang this song:\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "2",
     "sid": "JDG 5:2"
    },
    "“When the leaders¦113852 take the lead in¦113853 Yisrael¦113853,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "when the people¦113855 offer¦113854 themselves¦113854 willingly¦113854,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "Yahweh¦113857 be blessed¦113856.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "3",
     "sid": "JDG 5:3"
    },
    "Listen you kings¦113860.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "≈Pay attention you rulers¦113862.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "I will sing to Yahweh, yes, even me.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "≈I will make music for Yisrael’s¦113870 god¦113869 Yahweh.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "4",
     "sid": "JDG 5:4"
    },
    "Yahweh¦113872, you left Seir¦113874.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "≈You marched¦113875 out of the Edom¦113877 region¦113876.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "The earth¦113878 quaked.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "≈The heavens¦113882 also dropped.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "And the clouds¦113886 poured down rain.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 5:5"
    },
    "Mountains melted in Yahweh’s presence,",
    {
     "type": "note",
     "marker": "x",
     "content": [
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xo",
       "content": [
        "5:5: "
       ]
      },
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xt",
       "content": [
        "Exo 19:18."
       ]
      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
    },
    "\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "Yes, Mt. Sinai¦113895 shook in front of Yisrael’s¦113899 god¦113898, Yahweh.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "b"
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "6",
     "sid": "JDG 5:6"
    },
    "In the days of Anat’s¦113905 son Shamgar¦113902,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "≈in¦113906 the days of Yael¦113907,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "main"
     ]
    },
    " roads were abandoned,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "≈and travellers¦113910 walked¦113912 twisting¦113914 trails.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "7",
     "sid": "JDG 5:7"
    },
    "Israeli villages were abandoned.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "≈No one lived there until¦113920 I, Deborah¦113922, became their leader.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "I became one of Yisrael’s¦113918 mothers¦113924.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "8",
     "sid": "JDG 5:8"
    },
    "When ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "?@Yisrael¦113940"
     ]
    },
    " chose¦113927 new gods¦113928,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "then enemies attacked the city gates¦113932.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "No shield¦113933 or spear¦113937 could be found\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "among¦113938 forty¦113938 thousand¦113939 in¦113938 Yisrael.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "9",
     "sid": "JDG 5:9"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈I’m thankful"
     ]
    },
    " to Yisrael’s¦113944 commanders¦113943\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "who volunteered¦113945 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "to help"
     ]
    },
    " the people¦113946.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "Yahweh¦113948 be blessed¦113947.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "10",
     "sid": "JDG 5:10"
    },
    "You¦113953 riders¦113950 of white donkeys¦113951,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "you who sit¦113953 on saddle blankets,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "you who are walking on the road¦113960,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "tell about ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "this"
     ]
    },
    ".\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "b"
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
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    "From the sounds¦113963 of conflict over the watering¦113966 places¦113966\n"
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    "they recount¦113968 ≈Yahweh’s righteousness\n"
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      "city"
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    " gates¦113976.\n"
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    "Wake up, Deborah¦113983, wake up.\n"
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      "≈sing"
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    " and¦113991 capture your¦113992 prisoners,\n"
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    "you son of Abinoam¦113995.\n"
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     "type": "verse",
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    "Then the survivor¦113999 went down to the nobles¦114000.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
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    "From Efrayim¦114009 their¦114010 root was with¦114011 Amalek¦114011.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    "After you¦114012, Benyamin¦114013, among¦114014 your¦114014 people¦114014.\n"
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "From ",
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    " Makir¦114016, the commanders¦114018 came¦114017 down.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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   "marker": "q1",
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     "type": "verse",
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    "My¦114024 princes¦114024 in¦114025 Yissakar were with Deborah¦114028.\n"
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    "And Yissakar was also with Barak¦114031.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    "He was sent¦114033 into a valley¦114032 on¦114025 his heels¦114034.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
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    "Why did you¦114043 sit¦114043 between¦114044 the sheep¦114045 pens?\n"
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
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    "To hear¦114046 the whistling¦114047 for the flocks¦114048?\n"
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "There was intense heart¦114054 searching¦114052 among¦114049 the clans¦114049 of Reuben¦114050.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    {
     "type": "verse",
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    " the Yordan¦114058.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈But¦114060"
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    ", Dan¦114060, why does he stay on¦114057 ships¦114063?\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    "Asher¦114064 stayed at¦114057 the sea coast¦114066\n"
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    "And Naftali¦114077 ",
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      "≈was at their heights¦114079"
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "b"
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  {
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   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "19",
     "sid": "JDG 5:19"
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    "Kings came and made war.\n"
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    "Then the Canaanite kings fought at Taanak,\n"
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    "at the Megiddo¦114093 springs.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    " they ",
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     "content": [
      "≈weren’t able to plunder any"
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    " silver¦114095.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
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     "type": "verse",
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     "sid": "JDG 5:20"
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    "From the sky, the stars¦114103 battled.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    "From their¦114104 courses¦114104, they fought against Sisera¦114108.\n"
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "21",
     "sid": "JDG 5:21"
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    "The Kishon¦114111 river swept¦114112 them away.\n"
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   "content": [
    "An ancient¦114114 river that Kison river.\n"
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "March on with strength¦114119, my soul¦114118.\n"
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "22",
     "sid": "JDG 5:22"
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    "Then the horses’ hooves struck¦114122.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    "His galloping¦114127 stallions¦114128 charging.\n"
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "b"
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   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "23",
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    "‘Curse¦114130 ",
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     "content": [
      "that"
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    " Meroz¦114131 ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "place"
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    ",’ said Yahweh’s messenger¦114133.\n"
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   "type": "para",
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    "‘You shall certainly¦114136 curse its inhabitants¦114137\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "because they didn’t¦114139 come and help Yahweh—\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
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    "to help Yahweh against the mighty¦114146 ones.’\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
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    "Yael¦114150 will be an ",
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   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "The wife¦114151 of Heber¦114152 the Kenite¦114153.\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    "She deserves the most praise out of ",
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      "all"
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    " women ",
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     "type": "char",
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      "≈who live in¦114155 tents"
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    ".\n"
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   "marker": "q1",
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    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "25",
     "sid": "JDG 5:25"
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    "He asked¦114159 for water—she gave¦114161 him milk,\n"
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "Yogurt in¦114162 a bowl suitable for nobles¦114163.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "26",
     "sid": "JDG 5:26"
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    "Her¦114167 hands reached out for the tent peg,\n"
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   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "She hammered Sisera¦114174—shattering his head¦114176—\n"
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  },
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "shattering and piercing¦114178 his temple¦114179.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "27",
     "sid": "JDG 5:27"
    },
    "He bowed down between her feet—he fell—he lay down.\n"
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  },
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "He bowed down between her feet—where¦114190 he bowed down, there¦114192 he fell—destroyed¦114194.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "b"
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "28",
     "sid": "JDG 5:28"
    },
    "Sisera’s¦114201 mother¦114200 looked¦114198 out the window¦114197.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "She peered through¦114202 the lattice¦114203, crying out,\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "‘Why is his chariot¦114206 so slow to return?\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q2",
   "content": [
    "Why are the hoofbeats of his chariots¦114211 delayed?’\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "29",
     "sid": "JDG 5:29"
    },
    "Her¦114214 wise ladies¦114214 answered¦114215 her¦114214.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "Indeed, she keeps telling herself\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "30",
     "sid": "JDG 5:30"
    },
    "‘Won’t they be gathering and dividing¦114225 the plunder?\n"
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  },
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   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
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    "A woman or two¦114228 for each warrior ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "to bear children"
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    },
    ".\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "Finding some colourful material¦114236 for Sisera¦114233.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "Taking some embroidered fabrics.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    "Dyed scarves as plunder.’\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "b"
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "31",
     "sid": "JDG 5:31"
    },
    "May all your¦114246 enemies¦114246 perish¦114243 like that, Yahweh¦114247.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "q1",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈But¦114248"
     ]
    },
    " may those¦114248 who love¦114248 you shine like the sun¦114250 rising¦114249 in¦114251 its¦114251 strength¦114251.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "m",
   "content": [
    "Then that region had peace¦114252 for forty¦114254 years.\n"
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  },
  {
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   "marker": "c",
   "number": "6",
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  {
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   "marker": "s1",
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    "Gideon\n"
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 The Midianite Oppression; Gideon; Gideon Becomes Israel’s Judge\n"
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
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    },
    "The¦114266 Israelis¦114261 did ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
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     "content": [
      "*he"
     ]
    },
    " handed them over to the Midian¦114269 for seven¦114270 years¦114271\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "2",
     "sid": "JDG 6:2"
    },
    "and the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
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     "content": [
      "≈Midianites oppressed"
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    },
    " ",
    {
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     "content": [
      "*them"
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    },
    " badly. ",
    {
     "type": "char",
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     "content": [
      "≈It was so bad that¦114290 the Israelis¦114286"
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    },
    " made dens for themselves up in the hills, in caves¦114294, and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈in small, fortified settlements"
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    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "3",
     "sid": "JDG 6:3"
    },
    "Whenever the Israelis planted a crop, the Midianites or the Amalekites¦114306, or eastern¦114309 groups would¦114304 attack ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#them"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "4",
     "sid": "JDG 6:4"
    },
    "They would set up their camps around them and destroy¦114315 the crops as far away as Gaza¦114323—they¦114326 left ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈nothing for the Israelis to eat"
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    },
    ", and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≡no"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#sheep, cattle, or donkeys¦114331"
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    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 6:5"
    },
    "It was like a swarm¦114340 of locusts¦114342 when they’d ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "all"
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    },
    " come with their tents¦114337 and their livestock¦114335—you couldn’t even count their camels¦114345! They entered the region to ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈totally ravage"
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    },
    " it¦114350.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "6",
     "sid": "JDG 6:6"
    },
    "Thus Yisrael¦114353 was ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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     ]
    },
    " by Midian¦114356, and¦114357 the Israelis¦114360 cried¦114357 out to Yahweh¦114363.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "7",
     "sid": "JDG 6:7"
    },
    "When the Israelis¦114372 cried¦114369 out to Yahweh¦114375 concerning Midian¦114378,\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "8",
     "sid": "JDG 6:8"
    },
    "Yahweh sent a prophet¦114383 to ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*them"
     ]
    },
    " and¦114380 he told them, “Yisrael’s¦114387 god¦114395 Yahweh says, ‘I myself brought you all out of slavery¦114404 in Egypt¦114400—\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "9",
     "sid": "JDG 6:9"
    },
    "rescuing you from the Egyptians who were oppressing¦114413 you all. I drove¦114414 them out ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈when you all entered"
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    },
    " and¦114406 I’ve certainly given their¦114421 land to you.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "10",
     "sid": "JDG 6:10"
    },
    "I told you all that I’m your god¦114427 Yahweh¦114426 and¦114423 that when you live in¦114437 the Amorite¦114433 regions¦114437, you all mustn’t worship their¦114437 gods¦114432. But¦114423 you ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈didn’t¦114428 listen¦114439 to what I said¦114423"
     ]
    },
    ".’ ”\n",
    {
     "type": "para",
     "marker": "rem",
     "content": [
      "/s1 The Call of Gideon\n"
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  {
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   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "11",
     "sid": "JDG 6:11"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "One day"
     ]
    },
    " Yahweh’s messenger¦114444 came¦114443 and sat¦114446 beneath the oak tree in ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "the town of"
     ]
    },
    " Ofrah¦114450. (The tree belonged¦114452 to the Abi-Ezrite¦114454, Yoash¦114452.) Yoah’s son Gideon¦114455 was beating¦114457 wheat¦114458 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "down"
     ]
    },
    " in a winepress¦114459 to hide¦114460 it from the Midianites\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "12",
     "sid": "JDG 6:12"
    },
    "when Yahweh’s messenger¦114466 appeared¦114464 to him and¦114464 said¦114471, “Yahweh is with you, you powerful warrior.”\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "13",
     "sid": "JDG 6:13"
    },
    "“With me, my master¦114482?” Gideon¦114480 ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈asked"
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    },
    ". “If Yahweh is with¦114509 us, then¦114478 why’s all of this happened¦114487 to us? Where are all of the miracles that¦114495 our¦114499 ancestors¦114499 told us about, saying, ‘Didn’t Yahweh bring¦114503 us up out of Egypt¦114502?’ But¦114478 now Yahweh has abandoned¦114506 us and¦114478 handed us over to the Midianites.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
     "sid": "JDG 6:14"
    },
    "Then¦114513 Yahweh¦114515 turned¦114513 to him and¦114513 said¦114516, “Use your¦114518 strength¦114518 to set Yisrael¦114523 free from the grasp of Midian¦114525. Haven’t I sent¦114527 you ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "to do that"
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    },
    "?”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 6:15"
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    "“Please, my master¦114532,” Gideon replied, “how could ",
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     "type": "char",
     "marker": "em",
     "content": [
      "I"
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    },
    " save Yisrael¦114537? Look, my clan is the weakest¦114540 in Menashsheh¦114541 and¦114542 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "on¦114533 top of that"
     ]
    },
    ", I’m the youngest¦114543 in my ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈family¦114539"
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    },
    ".”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
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   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "16",
     "sid": "JDG 6:16"
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    "“I’ll¦114551 ",
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     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈help"
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    },
    " you,” said¦114547 Yahweh¦114549, “and¦114553 you’ll strike¦114553 down all the Midianites¦114556 as ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "easily as battling just"
     ]
    },
    " one man¦114557.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
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   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "17",
     "sid": "JDG 6:17"
    },
    "“If indeed I’ve¦114565 found¦114565 favour¦114566 in¦114567 your¦114567 eyes¦114567,” Gideon ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈requested"
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    },
    ", “then¦114560 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈show me a miracle so I’ll know that it’s God"
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    },
    " speaking¦114572 to me.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "18",
     "sid": "JDG 6:18"
    },
    "Please ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈wait here"
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    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "while I go and prepare"
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    },
    " my gift¦114587 for you and bring¦114584 it back here for you.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    "“",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "Okay,"
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    },
    " I’ll¦114592 stay ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "here"
     ]
    },
    " until you get back,” he¦114590 said¦114590.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "19",
     "sid": "JDG 6:19"
    },
    "Then¦114596 Gideon¦114596 went¦114597 a prepared a young goat and unrisen bread¦114605. He put the meat in a basket¦114608 and the soup in a pot and brought¦114612 them out to the oak tree and offered them to him.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "20",
     "sid": "JDG 6:20"
    },
    "Then God’s messenger¦114623 said¦114621, “Take the meat and the flat bread¦114631 and put them on this rock¦114635, then pour the soup out ",
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     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "over it"
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    },
    ".” ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So"
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    },
    " ",
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     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Gideon"
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    },
    " did that\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "21",
     "sid": "JDG 6:21"
    },
    "and Yahweh’s messenger stretched¦114644 out the staff¦114650 that¦114651 he was holding and touched¦114653 the meat and bread with¦114654 the end¦114649 of it. A fire¦114657 flamed up from the rock¦114660 and burnt up the meat and bread, then¦114644 Yahweh’s messenger went out of his sight¦114671.",
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     "marker": "f",
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        "6:21 "
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       "marker": "ft",
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      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
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    "\n"
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  },
  {
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   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "22",
     "sid": "JDG 6:22"
    },
    "When¦114673 Gideon¦114674 ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈realised¦114673"
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    },
    " that it ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "really"
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    },
    " had been Yahweh’s messenger, he ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈was upset and¦114673 said"
     ]
    },
    ", “Oh no, my master¦114684 Yahweh, ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈what will happen now that"
     ]
    },
    " I’ve¦114691 seen Yahweh’s face to face?”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "23",
     "sid": "JDG 6:23"
    },
    "But¦114699 Yahweh¦114701 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈replied"
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    },
    " to him, “Peace to you. Don’t be afraid¦114706—you won’t¦114704 die¦114708.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "24",
     "sid": "JDG 6:24"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦114710"
     ]
    },
    " Gideon¦114712 built¦114710 an altar¦114713 there to ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "sacrifice"
     ]
    },
    " to Yahweh and¦114710 named it ‘Yahweh is peace¦114719’. (It’s still¦114723 stands there at¦114724 Ofrah¦114724 of the Abi-Ezrite to this day¦114721.)\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "25",
     "sid": "JDG 6:25"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈That same"
     ]
    },
    " night¦114730, Yahweh¦114734 told him, “Take the young¦114738 bull that belongs to your father, and the second¦114744 bull seven¦114745 years¦114746 old. Break the altar¦114750 of Baal¦114751 into pieces that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah¦114756 pole that’s beside it.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "26",
     "sid": "JDG 6:26"
    },
    "Build a ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈regular"
     ]
    },
    " altar¦114763 to your¦114765 god¦114765 Yahweh¦114764 on¦114770 top of this stronghold¦114768, then¦114762 take¦114771 the second¦114775 bull¦114774 and¦114762 offer a whole burnt¦114777 offering¦114777 using the Asherah¦114779 pole that¦114780 you¦114781 cut down ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈for firewood"
     ]
    },
    ".”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "27",
     "sid": "JDG 6:27"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦114783"
     ]
    },
    " Gideon¦114784 took ten of his servants¦114787 and did what Yahweh¦114792 had instructed him to, ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈but¦114783"
     ]
    },
    " he did it at night¦114807 because he was afraid¦114795 to do it in the daytime—",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "fearing the anger of"
     ]
    },
    " his father’s¦114799 household¦114798 and the men of the city¦114803.\n",
    {
     "type": "para",
     "marker": "rem",
     "content": [
      "/s1 Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal\n"
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "28",
     "sid": "JDG 6:28"
    },
    "When¦114809 the men¦114810 of the city¦114811 got up early¦114809 the next morning¦114812, wow, the Baal’s¦114816 altar had been torn down, the Asherah¦114817 pole that was beside it had been cut down, and¦114809 the second¦114824 bull¦114823 had been offered¦114825 on¦114812 a ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "new"
     ]
    },
    " altar that had been built¦114829.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "29",
     "sid": "JDG 6:29"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦114831"
     ]
    },
    " people started asking each other, “Who did this?” After some investigation¦114840, they said, “Yoash’s¦114846 son Gideon¦114843 did it.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "30",
     "sid": "JDG 6:30"
    },
    "Then¦114851 the men¦114852 of the city¦114853 told Yoash¦114856, “Bring your son out ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "here"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈to be executed"
     ]
    },
    ", because¦114868 he tore down the Baal’s¦114867 altar¦114866 and¦114851 cut down the Asherah¦114870 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "pole"
     ]
    },
    " that¦114871 was beside it.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "31",
     "sid": "JDG 6:31"
    },
    "“",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Are you all really fighting Baal’s¦114885 battle for him"
     ]
    },
    "?” Yoash¦114876 replied to those¦114878 standing against him. “Are you all really helping him? Whoever fights on his behalf should¦114902 be be put to death¦114894 while it is still the morning¦114897. If ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Baal"
     ]
    },
    " is a god¦114900, then¦114875 let him stand up for himself when someone¦114905 tears down his altar¦114908.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "32",
     "sid": "JDG 6:32"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦114910 after that"
     ]
    },
    ", he called¦114910 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Gideon"
     ]
    },
    " ‘Yerub-Baal’ to say¦114917 ‘Let Baal defend himself,’ because he had torn down ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Baal’s"
     ]
    },
    " altar¦114925.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "33",
     "sid": "JDG 6:33"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Meanwhile"
     ]
    },
    " all the Midianite and Amalekite ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "warriors"
     ]
    },
    " and others from the east, assembled together¦114936. Then they¦114935 crossed¦114937 the Yordan and set up camp in¦114939 the Jezreel valley¦114939.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "34",
     "sid": "JDG 6:34"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈But¦114942"
     ]
    },
    " Yahweh’s¦114943 spirit¦114942 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈enabled"
     ]
    },
    " Gideon¦114947, and he¦114948 blew a trumpet¦114949 and called¦114950 the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "men of"
     ]
    },
    " Abiezer¦114954 to follow¦114955 him¦114955.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "35",
     "sid": "JDG 6:35"
    },
    "Then¦114957 he sent messengers throughout all of ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "the regions of"
     ]
    },
    " Menashsheh¦114961, Asher¦114972, Zebulun¦114973, and Naftali¦114974, and summoned ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "their warriors"
     ]
    },
    " to come and join with¦114972 them.\n",
    {
     "type": "para",
     "marker": "rem",
     "content": [
      "/s1 The Sign of the Fleece\n"
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    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "36",
     "sid": "JDG 6:36"
    },
    "Then¦114978 Gideon¦114979 said to God¦114982, “If¦114988 it’s ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "really"
     ]
    },
    " you rescuing Yisrael¦114990 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈through me"
     ]
    },
    " like you said,\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "37",
     "sid": "JDG 6:37"
    },
    "I’ll put this woollen fleece on the threshing¦115001 floor¦115001 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "tonight"
     ]
    },
    ". If there’s dew on the fleece in¦115001 the morning, but¦115009 it’s dry around it, then I’ll know¦115015 that you’ll rescue Yisrael¦115022 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈through me"
     ]
    },
    " just as you said.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "38",
     "sid": "JDG 6:38"
    },
    "And¦115032 that’s what happened—he rose early¦115029 the next morning¦115030 and squeezed¦115031 the fleece and wrung¦115035 out a bowl full of water¦115042 from the dew.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "39",
     "sid": "JDG 6:39"
    },
    "Then¦115044 Gideon¦115045 said¦115044 to God¦115048, “Don’t ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈be angry with me"
     ]
    },
    ", but ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈can I ask one more thing"
     ]
    },
    ". Let me put the fleece out this time¦115062, and¦115044 let the fleece be dry, but wet all around it with dew.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "40",
     "sid": "JDG 6:40"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦115081"
     ]
    },
    " God¦115082 did it that night¦115084, and¦115081 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "the next morning"
     ]
    },
    " only the fleece¦115091 was dry, but¦115081 everywhere around was covered with¦115084 dew.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "chapter",
   "marker": "c",
   "number": "7",
   "sid": "JDG 7"
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "s1",
   "content": [
    "Gideon defeats the Midianites\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 Gideon Defeats the Midianites; Gideon Surprises and Routs the Midianites\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
     "sid": "JDG 7:1"
    },
    "Then Gideon¦115105 (",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "also known as"
     ]
    },
    " Yerub-Baal) and the warriors with¦115124 him got up early¦115102 and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "went to"
     ]
    },
    " Harod¦115115 spring. The Midianite camp¦115116 was north¦115121 of them in¦115124 the valley¦115124 below¦115122 the Moreh¦115123 hill.\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "2",
     "sid": "JDG 7:2"
    },
    "Then¦115126 Yahweh¦115127 told Gideon¦115130, “",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈You’ve got too many warriors with¦115139 you¦115134 for me to give¦115135 victory over the Midianites, because what if Yisrael¦115144 takes the glory for themselves thinking that¦115133 their¦115139 own strength saved them"
     ]
    },
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    "Now the weight¦116197 of the gold earrings¦116198 of gold came to twenty kilograms, and¦116196 then¦116196 there were the crescent-shaped ornaments¦116210, the pendants¦116211, the dyed purple¦116213 garments¦116212 that the Midianite kings¦116215 had been wearing, as well as the collars that had been around their¦116223 camels’ necks¦116222.\n",
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    },
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    "He¦116293 ",
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    },
    " had a mistress in¦116284 Shekem¦116284—she also bore him a son that he named Abimelek¦116296.\n",
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    "Gideon¦116299 died¦116298 at a good¦116304 old age and¦116305 was buried¦116305 in¦116303 the tomb¦116306 of Yoash¦116302 his father¦116308, at Ofrah¦116307 of the ",
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    },
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     "sid": "JDG 8:35"
    },
    "They¦116353 didn’t¦116346 ",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
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     "content": [
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     "marker": "v",
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     "number": "21",
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
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     "type": "verse",
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     "number": "4",
     "sid": "JDG 10:4"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 10:5"
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    "Then¦117546 Yair¦117547 died¦117546 and¦117548 he¦117548 was buried¦117548 in¦117549 Kamon¦117549.\n"
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    "/s1 Oppression by the Ammonites; The Ammonites Oppress Israel; Jephthah\n"
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     "sid": "JDG 10:6"
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    "The ",
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     "number": "7",
     "sid": "JDG 10:7"
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    "They shattered¦117607 and¦117607 oppressed the ",
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     "number": "9",
     "sid": "JDG 10:9"
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     "number": "12",
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    },
    " you’ve all abandoned¦117701 me and¦117703 served¦117703 other¦117705 gods¦117704. Therefore, I won’t¦117707 not continue to rescue you.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
     "sid": "JDG 10:14"
    },
    "Go and¦117714 cry¦117714 out to the gods that¦117718 you’ve all chosen¦117719 for yourselves. They should¦117722 deliver¦117722 you all at¦117720 the time¦117724 of your¦117725 distress¦117725.”\n"
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  },
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   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 10:15"
    },
    "Then¦117727 the ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Israelis¦117730"
     ]
    },
    " said¦117727 to Yahweh¦117733, “We’ve sinned¦117734. You do to us according¦117739 to all that is good¦117741 in¦117742 your¦117742 eyes¦117742. Only please¦117745 rescue us today.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "16",
     "sid": "JDG 10:16"
    },
    "They removed¦117749 the foreign¦117753 gods¦117752 from among¦117754 them, and they worshipped Yahweh¦117758 and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈so he became¦117759 concerned"
     ]
    },
    " with¦117761 Yisrael’s¦117762 suffering.\n"
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  },
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   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "17",
     "sid": "JDG 10:17"
    },
    "Now the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonites¦117767 had assembled¦117770"
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    },
    " and were camped in¦117769 Gilead¦117769. So the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Israelis¦117772"
     ]
    },
    " gathered¦117770 together and they camped at¦117769 Mitspah.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "18",
     "sid": "JDG 10:18"
    },
    "Then¦117776 the princes of Gilead said¦117776 to ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈each other"
     ]
    },
    ", “Who ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈will lead us"
     ]
    },
    " to fight¦117788 against¦117789 the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonites¦117790"
     ]
    },
    "? He can become¦117791 the leader¦117778 over all of us who live in¦117789 Gilead.”\n"
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  },
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  },
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   "marker": "s1",
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    "Yiftah\n"
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  },
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   "marker": "rem",
   "content": [
    "/s1 Jephthah and his successors; Jephthah Becomes Israel’s Judge; Jephthah\n"
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  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
     "sid": "JDG 11:1"
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    "Now¦117798 Yiftah¦117812 the Gileadite¦117799 was a fierce warrior, ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈but¦117798"
     ]
    },
    " he was a ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈prostitute’s¦117807"
     ]
    },
    " son and his father¦117808 was Gilead¦117809.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "2",
     "sid": "JDG 11:2"
    },
    "Gilead’s¦117817 wife also gave birth¦117814 to sons for him, and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "when"
     ]
    },
    " those sons of the wife grew up, they drove¦117824 Yiftah¦117827 out and told him, “You¦117825 won’t¦117830 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈get any inheritance¦117832 from our father’s¦117835 estate"
     ]
    },
    " because you’re a son of another¦117840 woman.”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "3",
     "sid": "JDG 11:3"
    },
    "So¦117843 Yiftah fled from the presence of his ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "half-"
     ]
    },
    "brothers and he¦117843 settled in the Tob¦117849 region¦117848. Unprincipled men¦117854 associated around Yiftah and went¦117856 around with him.\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "4",
     "sid": "JDG 11:4"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Some time¦117861 later"
     ]
    },
    ", the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonites¦117865 battled against"
     ]
    },
    " Yisrael¦117868.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 11:5"
    },
    "and¦117870 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈that was when"
     ]
    },
    " the elders¦117881 of Gilead¦117882 went¦117880 to summon Yiftah¦117886 from the Tob¦117888 region¦117887.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "6",
     "sid": "JDG 11:6"
    },
    "Then¦117890 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈requested"
     ]
    },
    " Yiftah¦117891, “Come and¦117890 be our commander¦117895 so we¦117896 can fight¦117896 against¦117897 the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonites¦117898"
     ]
    },
    ".”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "7",
     "sid": "JDG 11:7"
    },
    "“Don’t you all hate¦117906 me? Yiftah¦117901 asked ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*them"
     ]
    },
    ". “Didn’t you yourselves drive¦117908 me out of my father’s¦117910 house¦117909? ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦117900"
     ]
    },
    " why have you all come¦117912 to me now when you have ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#troubles"
     ]
    },
    "?”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "8",
     "sid": "JDG 11:8"
    },
    "“",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Well, true"
     ]
    },
    ",” the Gilead elders¦117920 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈replied"
     ]
    },
    ", “",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "But¦117919"
     ]
    },
    " now we’ve turned back to you. ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦117919 join"
     ]
    },
    " with¦117932 us and fight¦117931 against¦117932 the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonites¦117933"
     ]
    },
    ", and you’ll become¦117934 commander over all of who lives in¦117932 Gilead.”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "9",
     "sid": "JDG 11:9"
    },
    "“If you bring¦117949 me back to fight¦117952 against¦117953 the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonites¦117954"
     ]
    },
    ",” Yiftah¦117942 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈asked"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*them"
     ]
    },
    ", “and¦117941 if Yahweh¦117956 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈helps me defeat them"
     ]
    },
    ", ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "is it correct that"
     ]
    },
    " I’ll¦117960 actually become¦117960 your leader?”\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "10",
     "sid": "JDG 11:10"
    },
    "“Yahweh¦117971 will be a witness between¦117974 us,” the Gilead¦117967 elders¦117965 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈responded¦117964"
     ]
    },
    ", “",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈that we’ll most certainly do what you¦117978 just said¦117964"
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    },
    ".”\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "11",
     "sid": "JDG 11:11"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦117982"
     ]
    },
    " Yiftah went¦117982 with¦118003 the Gilead¦117987 elders¦117986, and the people¦117989 set him¦117990 as commander¦117993 and leader over themselves. (Yiftah had spoken¦117994 all those words¦118000 before Yahweh¦118002 at¦118003 Mitspah.)\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "12",
     "sid": "JDG 11:12"
    },
    "Then Yiftah¦118007 sent¦118006 messengers¦118008 to the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonite"
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    },
    " king¦118011, demanding, “What’s happened with¦118025 respect to me and to you, that you’ve¦118022 come¦118022 against¦118025 me to fight¦118024 over my land?”\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "13",
     "sid": "JDG 11:13"
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    "The ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonite"
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    },
    " king¦118028 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈responded¦118027"
     ]
    },
    " to Yiftah’s messengers¦118034, “Because ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈the Israelis"
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    },
    " seized my land ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈when they¦118043 came¦118043"
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    },
    " out of Egypt¦118044. It went¦118043 from the Arnon¦118045 ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "river"
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    },
    " up to the Yabbok¦118048 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "river"
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    },
    ", and¦118027 over to the Yordan¦118051 ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "river"
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    },
    ". Now return ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@the land"
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    },
    " peaceably¦118055.”\n"
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  },
  {
   "type": "para",
   "marker": "p",
   "content": [
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
     "sid": "JDG 11:14"
    },
    "Then¦118057 Yiftah sent¦118060 messengers¦118061 back to the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Ammonite"
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    },
    " king¦118064\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 11:15"
    },
    "to tell him, “Yiftah¦118072 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈wants you to know that"
     ]
    },
    " Yisrael¦118076 didn’t¦118073 take land from Moab¦118080 nor from ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈you Ammonites¦118085"
     ]
    },
    ".\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "16",
     "sid": "JDG 11:16"
    },
    "However in¦118088 their coming up from Egypt¦118089, Yisrael¦118091 went¦118090 through the wilderness¦118092 as far as the ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈Red Sea"
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    },
    " until arriving at¦118088 Kadesh¦118099.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "17",
     "sid": "JDG 11:17"
    },
    "When¦118101 Yisrael ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    },
    " sent messengers¦118103 to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please may ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#we"
     ]
    },
    " pass through your land,’ the king of Edom wouldn’t listen¦118116. ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "@Yisrael"
     ]
    },
    " likewise sent to the king of Moab¦118123, but¦118101 he wasn’t willing¦118126 ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "either"
     ]
    },
    ", so Yisrael stayed at¦118114 Kadesh¦118129.",
    {
     "type": "note",
     "marker": "x",
     "content": [
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xo",
       "content": [
        "11:17: "
       ]
      },
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xt",
       "content": [
        "Num 20:14-21."
       ]
      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
    },
    "\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "18",
     "sid": "JDG 11:18"
    },
    "Then¦118131 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#we"
     ]
    },
    " went through the wilderness¦118132 and turned away from the land of Edom¦118137 and the land of Moab, then¦118131 went ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "the long way"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈around¦118133 the eastern border"
     ]
    },
    " of Moab. They camped¦118148 on¦118132 the other¦118149 side of the Arnon ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "river"
     ]
    },
    ", but¦118131 they didn’t¦118151 go within Moab’s¦118141 borders, because the Arnon was the border of Moab.",
    {
     "type": "note",
     "marker": "x",
     "content": [
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xo",
       "content": [
        "11:18: "
       ]
      },
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xt",
       "content": [
        "Num 21:4."
       ]
      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
    },
    "\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "19",
     "sid": "JDG 11:19"
    },
    "Yisrael¦118162 sent messengers¦118163 to the Amorite¦118169 King¦118167 Sihon¦118166, the king of Heshbon¦118171 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈and¦118161 asked"
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    },
    " him, ‘Please¦118174, let us pass through your land as far as ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "#our"
     ]
    },
    " place¦118181.’",
    {
     "type": "note",
     "marker": "x",
     "content": [
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xo",
       "content": [
        "11:19-22: "
       ]
      },
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xt",
       "content": [
        "Num 21:21-24."
       ]
      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
    },
    "\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "20",
     "sid": "JDG 11:20"
    },
    "But¦118183 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "King"
     ]
    },
    " Sihon¦118186 didn’t¦118183 trust¦118185 Yisrael passing through within his border, ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈so"
     ]
    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "*he"
     ]
    },
    " assembled all of his people¦118198 together and they camped at¦118191 Jahaz, and he battled with¦118191 Yisrael.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "21",
     "sid": "JDG 11:21"
    },
    "Then¦118206 Yisrael’s¦118210 god¦118208, Yahweh¦118207, handed ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "King"
     ]
    },
    " Sihon¦118213 and all his people¦118218 over to Yisrael and ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈we"
     ]
    },
    " defeated¦118221 them. Thus Yisrael took¦118222 possession¦118222 of all of the land of the Amorites¦118228 inhabiting that region¦118227—\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "22",
     "sid": "JDG 11:22"
    },
    "everything within the Amorite¦118238 territory¦118237 from the Arnon¦118239 ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "river"
     ]
    },
    " to the Yabbok¦118242, and¦118233 from the wilderness¦118245 as far as the Jordan¦118248.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "23",
     "sid": "JDG 11:23"
    },
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So¦118250"
     ]
    },
    " since it was Yisrael’s¦118254 god¦118253 Yahweh¦118251 that expelled the Amorites¦118258 out of the presence of his people¦118260 Yisrael, ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈do you actually think that you can take¦118263"
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    },
    " it ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "now"
     ]
    },
    "?\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "24",
     "sid": "JDG 11:24"
    },
    "Wouldn’t you take possession if your god Chemosh¦118269, allowed you to? ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "≈So"
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    },
    " ",
    {
     "type": "char",
     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
      "too"
     ]
    },
    " all that our¦118280 god¦118270 Yahweh¦118278 has dispossessed¦118277 ahead of us, we’ll possess that.\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "25",
     "sid": "JDG 11:25"
    },
    "Are you really¦118285 better¦118285 now than Zippor’s¦118291 son, King¦118292 Balak¦118288 of Moab¦118293? Did he dare contend with¦118303 Yisrael¦118298 or did he ever wage war against¦118303 them?",
    {
     "type": "note",
     "marker": "x",
     "content": [
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xo",
       "content": [
        "11:25: "
       ]
      },
      {
       "type": "char",
       "marker": "xt",
       "content": [
        "Num 22:1-6."
       ]
      }
     ],
     "caller": "+"
    },
    "\n",
    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "26",
     "sid": "JDG 11:26"
    },
    "Yisrael¦118306 lived¦118305 in Heshbon¦118307 and in its villages for three¦118319 hundred¦118320 years, and in Aroer¦118309 and in its villages, and in all the cities¦118313 that are along the banks of the Arnon¦118318—",
    {
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    "“Now I know¦121057 that Yahweh¦121061 will ",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "11",
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    "So¦121310 six¦121316 hundred¦121318 Danite¦121313 ",
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     "content": [
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    "From there¦121347, they¦121351 crossed over into the Efrayimite hill country¦121348, ",
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   "content": [
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
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    ", “Do¦121365 you know¦121370 that there’s¦121372 ",
    {
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     "content": [
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    },
    " with¦121373 a ",
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     "content": [
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    {
     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 18:15"
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    "So¦121385 they turned¦121385 ",
    {
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    " and they came to the place with the young¦121392 Levite¦121393 man in Micah’s¦121395 house, and they asked¦121396 about his welfare¦121399.\n",
    {
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     "number": "16",
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    "The six¦121401 hundred¦121403 Danite men stayed outside at the gate¦121410, holding their¦121407 weapons¦121406.\n"
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   "content": [
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    "The five men who’d gone to scout out the land went in ",
    {
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     "content": [
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    },
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    {
     "type": "verse",
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     "number": "18",
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    "When¦121451 the priest¦121468 saw them bringing out ",
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    },
    ", he ",
    {
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    },
    ", “",
    {
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     "content": [
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    },
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  },
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   "content": [
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "19",
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    "“Stay quiet¦121475,” they told him. “Put your hand¦121478 over your mouth¦121481 and come with¦121501 us, and be like a father¦121487 and a priest for us. Is it better¦121489 to be a priest for ",
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     "content": [
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    " ",
    {
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    ", or to be a priest for a ",
    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    },
    " related tribe¦121499 in¦121501 Yisrael¦121501?”\n",
    {
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    "He got up early¦121893 in the morning¦121894 on¦121894 the fifth¦121896 day to get ready to leave, but¦121893 the father¦121900 of the young¦121901 woman¦121901 said, “",
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    },
    " either Gibeah¦122021 or Ramah¦122023 to spend¦122020 the night¦122020 in¦122018.”\n",
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    "So¦122025 they passed¦122025 ",
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     "sid": "JDG 19:29"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "30",
     "sid": "JDG 19:30"
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     "content": [
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "1",
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    "Then all the Israelis¦122410 from Dan¦122415 ",
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    ", and ",
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    " from Gilead¦122421 ",
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     "content": [
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "2",
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    "The¦122434 leaders of all the Israeli¦122433 tribes¦122433 ",
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    " the assembly¦122435 of the people of the true God¦122437: four hundred¦122439 thousand¦122440 warriors all carrying swords¦122444.\n"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "3",
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     "content": [
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    " the ",
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    },
    " had gathered at Mitspah, and ",
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     "content": [
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "4",
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    {
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     "content": [
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     "content": [
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 20:5"
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     "content": [
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     "content": [
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    },
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     "number": "7",
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    "Listen, all of you¦122516 Israelis¦122518, ",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "9",
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    " ",
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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    },
    ".\n",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "10",
     "sid": "JDG 20:10"
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    {
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    },
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "11",
     "sid": "JDG 20:11"
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    {
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     "marker": "add",
     "content": [
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
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    "Then the Israeli¦122591 tribes sent¦122589 men¦122592 ",
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     "content": [
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "13",
     "sid": "JDG 20:13"
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    },
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "14",
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     "content": [
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    },
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    ".\n",
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     "number": "15",
     "sid": "JDG 20:15"
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    "The ",
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     "marker": "v",
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     "marker": "v",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "4",
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     "number": "5",
     "sid": "JDG 21:5"
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "7",
     "sid": "JDG 21:7"
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    {
     "type": "char",
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     "marker": "add",
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     "marker": "v",
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     "marker": "v",
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     "marker": "v",
     "number": "16",
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     "marker": "add",
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
     "number": "18",
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     "type": "verse",
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     "type": "verse",
     "marker": "v",
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     "number": "24",
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     "marker": "v",
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      {
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