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content/21/01.md

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 # crush the snake's head
 
-A venomous snake cannot hurt anyone after its head has been crushed. To crush the snake’s head is to completely destroy the snake.
+Unless the head of a venomous snake is crushed, the snake can still hurt someone. Use a word for "crush" that communicates that its head is destroyed.
 
-# the snake who deceived Eve was Satan
+# The snake…was Satan
 
-Satan spoke to Eve in the form of a snake. This does not mean that he is a snake now. 
+Satan spoke to Eve in the form of a snake. This does not mean that he is a snake now. This could be translated as, "The snake…was an appearance of Satan."
 
-# deceived Eve
+# who deceived Eve
 
-The snake deceived Eve by making her doubt what God had said and tricking her into disobeying God.
+That is, "who lied to Eve." The snake lied by making Eve doubt what God had said and tricking her into disobeying God.
 
 # translationWords
 
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ The snake deceived Eve by making her doubt what God had said and tricking her in
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/adam]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/eve]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/satan]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/satan]]

content/21/02.md

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-# through him
-
-The blessing that would come to all the people groups would be through Abraham because it would come through one of Abraham’s descendants.
-
-# translationWords
-
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save]]

content/21/03.md

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ To be like Moses, the future prophet would need to have great authority from God
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moses]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]

content/21/04.md

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+# his own descendants
+
+Another way to say this would be, "a direct descendant of David himself."
+
+# translationWords
+
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]

content/21/05.md

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-# a New Covenant
+# would not be like
 
-The New Covenant would be truly effective. People really would know God. They would truly live as his people. And God would forgive their sins completely. God would make this New Covenant because the Messiah would die as a sacrifice for all who would believe in him.
+The New Covenant would be truly effective. People really would know God, they would truly live as his people, and He would forgive their sins completely, based on the Messiah's sacrifice of himself one time for all who believe in him.
 
 # writing his law on their hearts
 
-This is in contrast with the way God had written his law on stone tablets for the Israelites. 
+This is a metaphor meaning, "help his people to understand his laws and to earnestly desire to obey them." If possible, keep the image of writing on their hearts, since this is in contrast with the way God had written his law on stone tablets for the Israelites. If that is not possible, you could just translate the meaning.
+
+# be his people
+
+This could be translated as, "be his special people" or, "be his favored people."
 
 # translationWords
 
@@ -18,4 +22,4 @@ This is in contrast with the way God had written his law on stone tablets for th
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/sinai]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/forgive]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]

content/21/06.md

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+# the perfect prophet
+
+The Messiah would be a prophet who is perfect in obedience to God, giving every word God would speak to the people. He would present God perfectly to the people, helping them to know and understand God.
+
+# translationWords
+
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]

content/21/07.md

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-# in place of God punishing the people
-
-The people sin, but God would punish the Messiah for their sins. In this way, God would not need to punish anyone who believes in the Messiah.
-
 # the perfect high priest
 
-The sacrifices the Israelite priests kept making were never good enough because the priests sinned. The Messiah would never sin. Therefore, his sacrifice was perfect and would satisfy God completely.
-
-# the perfect high priest
-
-The sacrifices the Israelite priests kept making were never good enough because the priests sinned. The Messiah would never sin. Therefore, his sacrifice was perfect and would satisfy God completely.
+Unlike the other high priests, the Messiah would never sin, and he would permanently take away all the sins of the people.
 
 # offer himself
 
-The Messiah would offer himself as a sacrifice by allowing himself to be killed.
+That is, "allow himself to be killed."
 
 # a perfect sacrifice
 
-There was no fault or imperfection in the Messiah’s sacrifice.
+That is, "a sacrifice that has no fault or imperfection."
 
 # translationWords
 
@@ -28,4 +20,4 @@ There was no fault or imperfection in the Messiah’s sacrifice.
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/highpriest]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/highpriest]]

content/21/08.md

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+# the whole world
+
+This could also be translated as, "everyone everywhere."
+
+# translationWords
+
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdom]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]

content/21/09.md

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 Malachi was the last prophet in the Old Testament.
 
+# the Messiah would be born from a virgin
+
+Another way to say this would be, "a virgin would give birth to the Messiah."
+
 # Micah
 
 Micah was an Old Testament prophet of God who, like Isaiah, spoke his messages from God almost 800 years before the Messiah came.
@@ -14,4 +18,4 @@ Micah was an Old Testament prophet of God who, like Isaiah, spoke his messages f
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaiah]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/virgin]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethlehem]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethlehem]]

content/21/10.md

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 # set prisoners free
 
-This means he would set free those who have unjustly been put into prison. This could also refer to setting people free from the bondage of sin.
+That is, "set free those who have unjustly been put into prison." This could also refer to setting people free from the bondage of sin.
+
+# could not hear, see, speak, or walk
+
+It may be better to say, "could not hear, could not see, could not speak, or could not walk." Some languages have special words for these conditions, such as "deaf" and "blind."
 
 # translationWords
 
@@ -8,4 +12,4 @@ This means he would set free those who have unjustly been put into prison. This
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaiah]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/galilee]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heal]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heal]]

content/21/11.md

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 At the time, each of these coins was worth the amount of money a person could earn in four days.
 
+# gamble for his clothes
+
+That is, "play a game of chance to determine who would win his clothes."
+
 # translationWords
 
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaiah]]
 * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/betray]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/betray]]

content/21/13.md

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+# having no sin
+
+This can also be translated as "he never sinned."
+
+# receive the punishment for other people's sin
+
+That is, "to take on himself the punishment that other people deserved" or, "to be punished in the place of other people."
+
+# it was God's will
+
+That is, "it fulfilled God's purpose." This phrase means that the Messiah's death was exactly what God had planned to happen in order that his sacrifice would pay for the sins of the people.
+
+# to crush
+
+That is, "to damage completely," "to kill" or, "to completely destroy."
+
+# translationWords
+
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/punish]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]

content/21/14.md

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+# raise the Messiah from the dead
+
+That is, "cause the Messiah to be alive again."
+
+# to make the New Covenant
+
+That is, "to put the New Covenant into effect."
+
+# translationWords
+
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/raise]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/resurrection]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
+* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]

content/21/15.md

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-# at exactly the right time
-
-God decided that he would send the Messiah at a specific time in history. God prepared everything so that the events his prophets spoke about would happen at that time.  
-
-# translationWords
-
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
-* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]