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# this promise that our twelve tribes hope to receive
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This speaks about a promise being fulfilled as if it were an object that is received. Alternate translation: "the promise that our twelve tribes confidently wait for God to fulfill" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# our twelve tribes
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The phrase "our twelve tribes" stands for the people in those tribes. Alternate translation: "our fellow Jews in the twelve tribes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# worship God earnestly night and day
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The extremes "night" and "day" are used together to mean consistently mean Alternate translation: "continually worship God earnestly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# king
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Paul is addressing King Agrippa by his title, not by his name. Your language may require that you add another word or part of a word, as in older English "O King," or that you add the king's name, as in "King Agrippa," or that you use another expression such as "Your Majesty."
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# that the Jews
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This does not mean all the Jews. Alternate translation: "that the leaders of the Jews" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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