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 "do not fear them at all"
 
-# Yahweh your God ... with you ... fail you nor forsake you
+# Yahweh your God ... with you ... fail you nor abandon you
 
 Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
 
-# he will not fail you nor forsake you
+# he will not fail you nor abandon you
 
 This can be treated as litotes and translated positively. Alternate translation: "he will always fulfill his promise to you and will always be with you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])