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# The elders of the city were trembling as they came to meet him
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It seems the elders were trembling because they were worried that Samuel came to rebuke them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# In peace
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This can be stated as a complete sentence. AT: "Yes, I have come in peace" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# to set ... apart
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To set someone apart means to get that person ready for Yahweh's purposes by making sure that person is ritually clean according to the law of Moses.
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