# for Israel's sake

The word "Israel" represents the Israelite people. Alternate translation: "in order to help the Israelite people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# all the hardships that had come to them

Moses writes of hardships happening to them as if hardships had come to them. Alternate translation: "all the hardships that had happened to them" or "all the hardships they had experienced" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])