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# they must answer to the case
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"they must testify to Yahweh about this case"
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# Our hands have not shed this blood
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Here "hands" are a synecdoche for the whole person and "shed this blood" is a metonym for killing an innocent person. Alternate translation: "We did not kill this innocent person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# neither have our eyes seen it
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Here "eyes" refers to the whole person. Alternate translation: "and we did not see anyone kill this person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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