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# those known for their wisdom in Babylon

This refers back to those who claimed to speak with the dead, the wise men, and the astrologers.

# Whoever explains this writing and its meaning will be clothed with purple and will have a gold chain around his neck

This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will give purple clothes and a gold neck chain to whoever explains this writing and its meaning" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# clothed with purple

Purple cloth was rare and reserved for royal officials. AT: "dressed in royal clothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# the third highest ruler

"the number three ruler" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# those known for their wisdom in Babylon`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This refers back to those who claimed to speak with the dead, the wise men, and the astrologers.`

			`# Whoever explains this writing and its meaning will be clothed with purple and will have a gold chain around his neck`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will give purple clothes and a gold neck chain to whoever explains this writing and its meaning" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# clothed with purple`

			`Purple cloth was rare and reserved for royal officials. AT: "dressed in royal clothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# the third highest ruler`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"the number three ruler" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])`