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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel.
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# the full tithe
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"all the tithes"
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# my house
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Here "house" stands for the temple. Alternate translation: "my temple" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# and test me now in this ... if I do not open to you the windows of heaven
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Here the command "test me" stands for something that the people can do and should do: "if you test me." This can be divided into two sentences also. Alternate translation: "And if you test me ... I will open up the windows of heaven" or "And you should test me ... If you do, I will open up the windows of heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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