# Connecting Statement:

Jehoshaphat continues to instruct some of the Levites and the priests, and some of the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, who he appointed to be judges.

# General Information:

The words "you" and "your" in this verse refers to those persons Jehoshaphat appointed to be judges.

# Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Whenever your brothers who live in their cities bring you a dispute" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# from your brothers

Here "brothers" is a general reference to fellow Israelites.

# bloodshed

Here the killing of people is spoken of as shedding their blood, where "blood" represents their lives. AT: "the killing of people" or "murder" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# anger will come toward you and toward your brothers

The abstract noun "anger" can be expressed as the adjective "angry." This can be stated in active form. AT: "God will be angry with you and your brothers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bloodshed]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/law]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/statute]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/guilt]]