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# Perform justice and righteousness
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The abstract nouns "justice" and "righteousness can be stated as actions. Alternate translation: "Act fairly and justly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# anyone who has been robbed—rescue him from the hand of the oppressor
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"rescue anyone who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor"
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# the hand of the oppressor
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Here "the hand" refers to power or control. Alternate translation: "the power of the oppressor" or "the one who would harm him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Do not mistreat
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"Do not treat badly"
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# orphan
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a child who does not have parents
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# Do not ... pour out innocent blood
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Here "pour out ... blood" is associated with murder, and "blood" refers to the murdered people. Alternate translation: "Do not ... murder innocent people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# in this place
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Possible meanings are 1) Jerusalem or 2) the whole country of Judah. This does not imply that it is good to murder people in other places.
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