diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandler.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandler.cs
index 00c1f719..239978b6 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandler.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandler.cs
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ private void CollectUpdatableTokens(UsfmParserState state)
             while (_tokenIndex <= state.Index + state.SpecialTokenCount)
             {
                 UsfmToken token = state.Tokens[_tokenIndex];
+                if (token.Type == UsfmTokenType.Verse)
+                {
+                    string sanitizedVerseData = SanitizeVerseData(token.Data);
+                    token = new UsfmToken(token.Type, token.Marker, token.Text, token.EndMarker, sanitizedVerseData);
+                }
                 if (CurrentTextType == ScriptureTextType.Embed)
                 {
                     _embedTokens.Add(token);
@@ -746,6 +751,11 @@ private void UpdateVerseRows()
             }
         }
 
+        private static string SanitizeVerseData(string verseData)
+        {
+            return verseData.Replace("\u200F", "");
+        }
+
         private class RowInfo
         {
             public RowInfo(int rowIndex)
diff --git a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandlerTests.cs b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandlerTests.cs
index 77c9f7cc..ac7af2dc 100644
--- a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UpdateUsfmParserHandlerTests.cs
@@ -906,6 +906,34 @@ public void UpdateBlock_Verse_Range()
         );
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void UpdateBlock_Verse_Range_RightToLeftMarker()
+    {
+        var rows = new List<UpdateUsfmRow> { new UpdateUsfmRow(ScrRef("MAT 1:1", "MAT 1:2", "MAT 1:3"), "Update 1-3") };
+        string usfm =
+            @"\id MAT - Test
+\c 1
+\v 1‏-3 verse 1 through 3
+";
+        TestUsfmUpdateBlockHandler usfmUpdateBlockHandler = new TestUsfmUpdateBlockHandler();
+        string updatedUsfm = UpdateUsfm(rows, usfm, usfmUpdateBlockHandlers: [usfmUpdateBlockHandler]);
+        string expectedUsfm =
+            @"\id MAT - Test
+\c 1
+\v 1-3 Update 1-3
+";
+        Assert.That(updatedUsfm, Is.EqualTo(expectedUsfm).IgnoreLineEndings());
+        Assert.That(usfmUpdateBlockHandler.Blocks.Count, Is.EqualTo(1));
+
+        UsfmUpdateBlock usfmUpdateBlock = usfmUpdateBlockHandler.Blocks[0];
+        AssertUpdateBlockEquals(
+            usfmUpdateBlock,
+            ["MAT 1:1", "MAT 1:2", "MAT 1:3"],
+            (UsfmUpdateBlockElementType.Text, "Update 1-3 ", false),
+            (UsfmUpdateBlockElementType.Text, "verse 1 through 3 ", true)
+        );
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void UpdateBlock_Footnote_PreserveEmbeds()
     {
diff --git a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs
index d1321f7c..7fae89bf 100644
--- a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs
@@ -425,6 +425,40 @@ public void GetRows_PrivateUseMarker()
         });
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void GetRows_VerseRangeWithRightToLeftMarker()
+    {
+        TextRow[] rows = GetRows(
+            @"\id MAT - Test
+\h
+\mt
+\c 1
+\v 1‏-2 Verse one and two.
+"
+        );
+
+        Assert.Multiple(() =>
+        {
+            Assert.That(rows, Has.Length.EqualTo(2));
+
+            Assert.That(
+                rows[0].Ref,
+                Is.EqualTo(ScriptureRef.Parse("MAT 1:1")),
+                string.Join(",", rows.ToList().Select(tr => tr.Ref.ToString()))
+            );
+            Assert.That(
+                rows[0].Text,
+                Is.EqualTo("Verse one and two."),
+                string.Join(",", rows.ToList().Select(tr => tr.Text))
+            );
+            Assert.That(
+                rows[1].Ref,
+                Is.EqualTo(ScriptureRef.Parse("MAT 1:2")),
+                string.Join(",", rows.ToList().Select(tr => tr.Ref.ToString()))
+            );
+        });
+    }
+
     private static TextRow[] GetRows(string usfm, bool includeMarkers = false, bool includeAllText = false)
     {
         UsfmMemoryText text =