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911 B
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21 lines
911 B
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Moses continues reminding the people of Israel what the previous generation of Israelites did.
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## Yet you refused to attack ##
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Israel was to attack and destroy the Amorites, but Israel rebelled and refused to fight them out of fear.
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## Where can we go now? ##
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The people use a question to emphasize their despair. AT: "We have nowhere to go" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## made our hearts to melt ##
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AT: "made us very afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## and are fortified up to the heavens ##
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This is an exaggeration that emphasizes how frightened the people were because the cities were so large and strong. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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## sons of the Anakim ##
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These are descendants of the Anak people who were very large and fierce. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) |