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the third seal

"the next seal" or "seal number three" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)

the third living creature

"the next living creature" or "living creature number three" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)

a pair of scales

a tool used for weighing things

A choenix of wheat for one denarius

Some languages might want a verb such as "cost" or "buy" in the sentence. There was very little wheat for all the people, so its price was very high. AT: "A choenix of wheat now costs one denarius" or "Buy a choenix of wheat with one denarius"

A choenix of wheat ... three choenices of barley

a "choenix" was a specific measure that was about one liter. The plural of "choenix" is "choenices." AT: "one liter of wheat ... three liters of barley" or "one bowl of wheat ... three bowls of barley" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bvolume)

one denarius

This coin was worth a day's wages. AT: "one silver coin" or "the pay for one day of work" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney)

But do not harm the oil and the wine

If the oil and wine were harmed, there would be less of them for people to buy, and their prices would go up.

the oil and the wine

These expressions probably stand for the olive oil harvest and the grape harvest. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

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