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+# who did pursue a law of righteousness
+
+"who tried to obey a law in order to get righteousness" or "who tried to be righteous by obeying a law"
+
 # did not arrive at that law
 
-This means that the Israelites could not please God by trying to keep the law. You can make this explicit in your translation. Alternate translation: "were not able to please God by keeping the law because they could not keep it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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+"could not keep that law" or "did not succeed at keeping that law"