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# General Information:
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Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.
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# wage war
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"fight in a war"
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# by wielding an ax against them
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"by cutting down the trees with an ax"
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# For is the tree of the field a man whom you should besiege?
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This rhetorical question is to remind the people of what they should already know. This question can be translated as a statement. AT: "For fruit trees are not people, so they are not your enemy." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# you know are not trees for food
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"you know are not trees that grow fruit to eat"
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# siege works
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These are tools and structures, such as ladders and towers, that are needed to lay siege to a city.
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# until it falls
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This is an idiom. AT: "until the people of the city lose the war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# it falls
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Here "it" refers to the city which represents the people of the city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/siege]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ax]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]] |