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# General Information:
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Moses speaks a poetic song to the people of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# He made him ride on high places of the land
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This is an idiom. The word "him" refers to the people of Israel. Alternate translation: "Yahweh made them ride on high places of the land" or "Yahweh helped them take and occupy the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# made him ride ... fed him ... nourished him
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Moses continues to speak of the Israelites as "Jacob" ([Deuteronomy 32:9-10](./09.md)). You may need to translate this as though Moses were speaking of the Israelites as many people. "made our ancestors ride ... fed them ... nourished them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
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# he fed him the fruits of the field
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"he brought him to a land with plenty of crops he could eat"
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# he nourished him with honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty crag
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The land had many wild bees, which produce honey, with hives inside rock holes. There were also many olive trees, which provide oil, and grow on rocks, hills, and mountains.
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# nourished him with honey
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This is like a mother giving her breast to an infant. "allowed him to suck honey" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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