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Yahweh continues speaking.
that has been torn by wild animals
An animal being killed by wild animals is spoken of as if the wild animals tore the animal to pieces. This can be translated in active form. AT: "that wild animals have killed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
is native born
"is an Israelite"
he will be unclean ... Then he will be clean
The person whom other people may not touch is spoken of as if he were physically unclean and the person whom other people may touch is spoken of as if he were physically clean. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
until the evening
"until sunset"
then he must carry his guilt
A person's guilt is spoken of as if it were a physical object that the person carries. Here the word "guilt" represents the punishment for that guilt. AT: "then he is responsible for his own guilt" or "then I will punish him for his sin" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)