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15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.(A)

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15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink,(A) and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit(B) even before he is born.(C)

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“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”(A)

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“Before I formed you in the womb(A) I knew[a](B) you,
    before you were born(C) I set you apart;(D)
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.(E)

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  1. Jeremiah 1:5 Or chose

18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,(A)

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18 Do not get drunk on wine,(A) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,(B)

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15 But when the one[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased(A)

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  1. 1.15 Other ancient authorities read God

15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb(A) and called me(B) by his grace, was pleased

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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.(A)

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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit(A) and began to speak in other tongues[a](B) as the Spirit enabled them.

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  1. Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11

33 “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon’;(A)

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33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine,(A) and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

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Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink or to eat anything unclean,(A) for you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor is to come on his head, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth. It is he who shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”(B) Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel[a] of God, most awe-inspiring; I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name,(C)

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  1. 13.6 Or the angel

Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink(A) and that you do not eat anything unclean.(B) You will become pregnant and have a son(C) whose head is never to be touched by a razor(D) because the boy is to be a Nazirite,(E) dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead(F) in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God(G) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,(H) very awesome.(I) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.

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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When either men or women make a special vow, the vow of a nazirite, to separate themselves to the Lord,(A) they shall separate themselves from wine and strong drink; they shall drink no wine vinegar or other vinegar and shall not drink any grape juice or eat grapes, fresh or dried. All their days as nazirites they shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow(A), a vow of dedication(B) to the Lord as a Nazirite,(C) they must abstain from wine(D) and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar(E) made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes(F) or raisins. As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

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14 On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him, as they had stood in awe of Moses all the days of his life.(A)

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14 That day the Lord exalted(A) Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.

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and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies before you, and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones of the earth.

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I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth.

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The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you as I was with Moses.(A)

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And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you(A) in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.(B)

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28 “I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

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28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God(A) is greater than he.”

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15 The Lord of hosts will protect them,
    and they shall consume and conquer the slingers;[a]
they shall drink their blood[b] like wine
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched like the corners of the altar.(A)

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  1. 9.15 Cn: Heb the slingstones
  2. 9.15 Gk: Heb they roared

15     and the Lord Almighty will shield(A) them.
They will destroy
    and overcome with slingstones.(B)
They will drink and roar as with wine;(C)
    they will be full like a bowl(D)
    used for sprinkling[a] the corners(E) of the altar.

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  1. Zechariah 9:15 Or bowl, / like