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# It happened in the days when the judges ruled that
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"It happened that" was a common way of beginning to tell about something that happened. Alternate translation: "In the days when the judges ruled" or "In the days when the judges ruled, this is what happened."
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# in the days when the judges ruled
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"during the time when judges led and governed Israel"
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# in the land
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This refers to the land of Israel. Alternate translation: "in the land of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# a certain man
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"a man." This is a common way of introducing a character into a story.
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