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13 lines
626 B
Markdown
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Moses speaks a poetic song to the people of Israel. Moses continues to use parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## I, even I ##
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Yahweh repeats "I" to emphasize that only he is God. AT: "I, I myself" or "I, I alone"
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## I lift up my hand to heaven and say ##
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Lifting up the hand is a sign of making an oath. AT: "I lift up my hand to heaven and swear" or "I have taken an oath"
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## As I live forever ##
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This statement assures the people that what God says in 32:41-42 will happen. AT: "As certainly as I live forever" or "I swear by my life which is never-ending"
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