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# General Information:
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These verses are the same as those in [Psalms 60:6-7](../060/006.md).
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# God has spoken in his holiness
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Here David describes God speaking something because he is holy as speaking "in his holiness," as if his holiness were something that he was physically inside of. AT: "God, because he is holy, has said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I will divide Shechem and apportion out the Valley of Succoth
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Here God is speaking about dividing the land of Shechem and the Valley of Succoth.
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# apportion
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to divide into portions
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# Ephraim also is my helmet
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God speaks of the tribe of Ephraim as if it were his army. The helmet symbolizes equipment for war. AT: "Ephraim is like a helmet I have chosen" or "The tribe of Ephraim is my army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# helmet
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a hard hat that soldiers wear to protect their heads from injury
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# Judah is my scepter
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God chose men from the tribe of Judah to be the kings of his people, and he speaks of that tribe as if it were his scepter. AT: "The tribe of Judah is like my scepter" or "Judah is the tribe through whom I rule my people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shechem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/succoth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gilead]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/manasseh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ephraim]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/scepter]] |