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# Then each of them was given a white robe
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Either God or an angel gave them a white robe. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Then each of them received a white robe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# they were told
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Either God or an angel is speaking. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "God told them" or "an angel told them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# until the full number of their fellow servants and their brothers was reached
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who were to be killed, just as they had been killed
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Here "servants" and "brothers" refer to the same group. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "until enemies have killed the full number of Christ's servants that God had determined would die, just as those under the altar had died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# brothers
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Christians are often spoken of as being one another's brothers. Females were among those spoken of here. Alternate translation: "fellow Christians" or "fellow believers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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