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916 B
916 B
this is the promise that our twelve tribes sought to receive
The phrase "our twelve tribes" stands for the people in those tribes. Alternate translation: "this is what our fellow Jews in the twelve tribes sought to receive" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the promise ... sought to receive
This speaks about a promise as if it were an object that can be received. Alternate translation: "the promise ... were waiting for God to fulfill" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
worshiped God night and day
The extremes "night" and "day" mean they "worshiped God continually." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
that the Jews
This does not mean all the Jews. Alternate translation: "that the leaders of the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)