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29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
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By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days.
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
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By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had received the spies in peace.
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,
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And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—
33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
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who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,
34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
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quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.
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Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection.
36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
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Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—
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They were stoned to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented—
38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
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of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,
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Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised,
40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
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since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.
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