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## My people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Testify against me! ##
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God uses questions to emphasize that he is a good God, and he has done nothing to cause the people to stop worshiping him. AT: "My people, I have been good to you. I have done nothing to make you tired of me. If you think I have, testify against me, now." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## house of bondage ##
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AT: "the place where you were slaves"
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## call to mind ##
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"remember"
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## Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him ##
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This refers to an event in the past when King Balak hired Balaam to curse the people of Israel. However, God allowed Balaam to only bless the people.
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## Beor ##
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This is the name of Balaam's father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## Shittim ##
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This is the name of a place in Moab.
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## that you may know the righteous acts of me, Yahweh ##
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"so that you may remember who I am, and what I have done for you"
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