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923 B
Markdown
23 lines
923 B
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## Now rise up ##
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Yahweh is telling Moses what the people should do.
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## the brook Zered ##
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This flows out of the Dead Sea and creates the border between Edom and Moab. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## Now the days ##
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The word "now" marks a change from the story to background information about how long the people of Israel traveled and about God's anger towards that generation. If your language has a way of showing that what follows is background information, you should use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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## thirty-eight years ##
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eight years** - "38 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## were gone from the people ##
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AT: "had died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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## the hand of Yahweh was against ##
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AT: "Yahweh used his power against" or "Yahweh punished" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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