## I said this when you were only few in number, so very few ##

AT: "Yahweh said this when the Israelites were a very small group of people"

## strangers in the land ##

"foreigners in the land"

## from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another ##

These phrases share similar meanings and are use to emphasize how far the Israelites wandered. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## He did not allow ##

"Yahweh did not permit"

## for their sakes ##

"for them"