2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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Nehemiah continues his prayer to God and quotes the promise God had made to Moses much earlier.
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## Please call to mind ##
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AT: "Please remember" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## the word you commanded your servant Moses ##
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The pronouns "you" and "your" refer to God.
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## If you ... scatter you ... but if you return ... ##
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These pronouns "you" refer to God's people.
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## I will scatter you ##
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"I will disperse you" or "I will split you up"
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## return to me ##
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"turn back to me" or "come back to me" or "become faithful to me again"
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## to that place ##
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"to the land of Israel"
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## where I have chosen to make my name remain ##
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AT: "where I have decided to make my name dwell" or "where I make myself known" or "where I have shown the world who I am"
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