10 (A)“Persia and (B)Lud and (C)Put were in your army as your men of war. (D)They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.

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10 “‘Men of Persia,(A) Lydia(B) and Put(C)
    served as soldiers in your army.
They hung their shields(D) and helmets on your walls,
    bringing you splendor.

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(A)Persia, (B)Cush, and (C)Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

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Persia, Cush[a](A) and Put(B) will be with them, all with shields and helmets,

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  1. Ezekiel 38:5 That is, the upper Nile region

(A)Cush, and (B)Put, and Lud, and (C)all Arabia, and Libya,[a] and the people of the land that is in league,[b] shall fall with them by the sword.

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  1. Ezekiel 30:5 With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub
  2. Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant

Cush and Libya,(A) Lydia and all Arabia,(B) Kub and the people(C) of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.(D)

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(A)Advance, O horses,
    and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
    men of Cush and (B)Put who handle the shield,
    (C)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.

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Charge, you horses!
    Drive furiously, you charioteers!(A)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush[a](B) and Put who carry shields,
    men of Lydia(C) who draw the bow.

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  1. Jeremiah 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region

19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (A)I will send survivors to the nations, to (B)Tarshish, (C)Pul, and (D)Lud, who draw the bow, to (E)Tubal and (F)Javan, (G)to the coastlands far away, (H)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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19 “I will set a sign(A) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(B) to the nations—to Tarshish,(C) to the Libyans[a] and Lydians(D) (famous as archers), to Tubal(E) and Greece,(F) and to the distant islands(G) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(H) They will proclaim my glory among the nations.

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  1. Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul

(A)Cush was her strength;
    Egypt too, and that without limit;
    (B)Put and the (C)Libyans were her[a] helpers.

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  1. Nahum 3:9 Hebrew your

Cush[a](A) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
    Put(B) and Libya(C) were among her allies.

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  1. Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region

28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (A)the Medes and (B)Persians.”[a]

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  1. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia

28 Peres[a]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(A) and Persians.”(B)

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  1. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.

11 Men of (A)Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made (B)perfect your beauty.

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11 Men of Arvad and Helek
    guarded your walls on every side;
men of Gammad
    were in your towers.
They hung their shields around your walls;
    they brought your beauty to perfection.(A)

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17 (A)The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram:[a] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 1:17 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks And the sons of Aram

The Semites(A)

17 The sons of Shem:

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram:[a]

Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 1:17 One Hebrew manuscript and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 10:23); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this line.

11 (A)Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

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11 Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

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(A)The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

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The Hamites(A)

The sons of Ham:

Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

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22 The (A)sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

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