Data/133/expanded-paraphrase.json

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verse"1"
insertion"[Belonging to]"
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verse"1"
cbc"the song of the"
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verse"1"
insertion"Israelites'"
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verse"1"
cbc"ascents"
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verse"1"
insertion"up to Jerusalem, where the temple was, for holy festivals"
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verse"1"
cbc"."
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verse"1"
insertion"This psalm was written"
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verse"1"
cbc"By David. Look, how good and how right that brothers"
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verse"1"
insertion"(the twelve brothers of Israel, from whom the twelve tribes descended, so representing all the families of Israel)"
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verse"1"
cbc"dwell"
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verse"1"
insertion"in the land—but"
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verse"1"
cbc"even"
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verse"1"
insertion"dwell"
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verse"1"
cbc"together"
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verse"1"
insertion", they travel from all over the country (north and south) for the sake of worshiping YHWH in Jerusalem"
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verse"1"
cbc"!"
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verse"2"
insertion"Brothers dwelling together is a blessing that flows from YHWH."
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verse"2"
cbc"[It is] like the valuable"
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verse"2"
insertion"anointing"
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verse"2"
cbc"oil on the head"
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verse"2"
insertion"which is a picture of YHWH's election and blessing of priests. When it is"
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verse"2"
cbc"flowing down onto the beard, the beard of Aaron"
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verse"2"
insertion", it is a reminder of the consecration of the first high priest of Israel, which initiated the covenant, the source and guarantee of YHWH's acceptance of Israel into relationship with God. The anointing of the priesthood is a blessing from God to the people because it provides them with someone who seeks God's forgiveness (Exod 32:11-14; Lev 16:15-16) and blessings on their behalf (Num 6:24-26). The oil"
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verse"2"
cbc"which flows down"
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verse"2"
insertion"abundantly over Aaron's beard and"
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verse"2"
cbc"onto the collar of his"
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verse"2"
insertion"priestly"
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verse"2"
cbc"garments"
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verse"2"
insertion", covering everything, is an image of the abundant blessings flowing from God to his people"
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verse"2"
cbc"."
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verse"3"
insertion"Likewise, when brothers gather in Jerusalem to dwell together and with YHWH, there in Jerusalem blessings come down from heaven:"
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verse"3"
cbc"[it is] like the"
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verse"3"
insertion"life-giving"
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verse"3"
cbc"dew of"
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verse"3"
insertion"Mount"
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verse"3"
cbc"Hermon,"
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verse"3"
insertion"the highest mountain in Israel. This dew,"
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verse"3"
cbc"which flows down"
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verse"3"
insertion"abundantly from the north"
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verse"3"
cbc"onto the hills of Zion"
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verse"3"
insertion"in the south, waters the lands all around Jerusalem, enabling crops to grow and blessing the entire nation. This gift of water for the lands symbolizes all of YHWH's blessings on the land and the absence of covenant curses, enabling life to flourish"
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verse"3"
cbc". For"
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verse"3"
insertion"it is"
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verse"3"
cbc"there"
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verse"3"
insertion", in Jerusalem, that YHWH chose to make his dwelling place (Ps 132:13-14) and to live among his people; it is there that"
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verse"3"
cbc"YHWH has sent the blessing—life everlasting"
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verse"3"
insertion", that is, ongoing life in the land in covenant unity with each other and with YHWH, mediated by the priesthood. Jerusalem is where it all originated and where we come to celebrate it."
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