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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh begins to speak to Moses.
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# turned my rage away from the people of Israel
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God's rage is spoken of as if it were something that could be physically pushed aside in order to stop it. Alternate translation: "caused me to no longer be angry with the people of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I have not consumed the people of Israel in my fierceness
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God is spoken of as if he were a fierce animal that could have eaten up the people of Israel. Alternate translation: "I have not destroyed the people of Israel in my terrible anger" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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