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Exodus 17 General Notes
Important figures of speech in this chapter
####Rhetorical Questions Moses uses several rhetorical questions in this chapter. The purpose of these questions is to convince people of their sin. Likewise, the people's rhetorical question showed their ignorance. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
####Wilderness of Sin Sin is the name of a part of the Sinai Wilderness. It is not the description of a place, and it has nothing to do with sinning. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)