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# General Information:
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Moses continues to speak to the people of Israel as if they were one man, so all instances of "you" and the command "ask now" are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
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Here the people of Israel are reminded of how Yahweh has spoken to them in an amazing way in the past. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "No other people besides you has heard God speak from the middle of the fire and lived." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# hear the voice of God speaking
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Here God is represented by his voice. AT: "hear God's voice as he spoke" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]) |