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# General Information:
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Moses speaks a poetic song to the people of Israel.
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# Call to mind ... think about ... your father ... show you ... your elders ... tell you
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Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# Call to mind
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "Remember" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# days of ancient times
"days of long ago." Moses refers to the time period when the ancestors of the people of Israel were alive.
# think about the years of many ages past
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This is a repetition of what Moses just said in the previous portion. Moses wants the people of Israel to focus on their history as a nation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# he will show you
"he will make it clear to you" or "he will enable you to understand it"
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