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# their brothers, their nobles
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"their fellow brothers the nobles" or "their brothers the leaders." These phrases refer to the same people.
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# bound themselves with both a curse and an oath
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This speaks of the people taking an oath and a curse as if the oath and the curse were a rope that physically bound them. Alternate translation: "swore themselves to an oath and a curse" or "they took an oath and called for a curse to come on themselves if they failed to keep it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# to walk in God's law
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "to live by God's law" or "to obey God's law" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# which was given by Moses the servant of God
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "which Moses the servant of God had given to Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# to observe
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"to follow"
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