diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs
index da66b34f..68294c7b 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ private void UpdateVerseRef(VerseRef verseRef, string marker)
             {
                 _curElements.Clear();
                 _curElements.Push(new ScriptureElement(0, marker));
+                _curTextType.Clear();
             }
             _curVerseRef = verseRef;
         }
diff --git a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs
index b08c0d10..988d29da 100644
--- a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/UsfmMemoryTextTests.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public void GetRows_multichapter_nonverse()
             includeAllText: true
         );
 
-        Assert.That(rows, Has.Length.EqualTo(5));
+        Assert.That(rows, Has.Length.EqualTo(3));
     }
 
     private static TextRow[] GetRows(string usfm, bool includeMarkers = false, bool includeAllText = false)