# a fixed time
This is the time God decided he would stop the plague.
# seventy thousand
"70,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# from Dan to Beersheba
Here mentioning the city of Dan in the extreme north and the city Beersheba in the extreme south means the entire nation of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])