unfoldingWord_en_tn/deu/02/13.md

# General Information:

Moses continues reminding the Israelites of what had happened to them in the wilderness.

# 'Now rise up ... Zered.' So

"'Then Yahweh said, "Now rise up ... Zered.' So." This can be translated as an indirect quote. AT: "Then Yahweh told us to rise up ... Zered. So" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# rise up

begin to do something (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# the brook Zered

This stream flows into the Dead Sea from the southeast and creates the border between Edom and Moab. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Now the days

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]])

# thirty-eight years

"38 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# were gone from the people

This is a polite way of saying "had died." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

# the hand of Yahweh was against

Here "the hand of Yahweh" refers to Yahweh's power. AT: "Yahweh used his power against" or "Yahweh punished" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])