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## But the righteousness that comes from faith says this ##
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Here "righteousness" is described as a person that can speak. AT: "But Moses writes this about how faith makes a person right before God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## Do not say in your heart ##
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Moses was addressing the people as though they were one person. AT: "Do not say to yourself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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## Who will ascend into heaven? ##
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Moses uses a question to teach his audience. His previous instruction of, "Do not say" requires a negative answer to this question. AT: "No one should try to go up to heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## that is, to bring Christ down ##
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AT: "in order that they might have Christ come down to earth"
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## Who will descend into the abyss ##
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Moses uses a question to teach his audience. His previous instruction of, "Do not say" requires a negative answer to this question. AT: "No one should try to go down and enter the place where the spirits of dead persons are" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## that is, to bring Christ up from the dead ##
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AT: "in order that they might bring Christ up from the dead"
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## dead ##
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Here it means when the physical body of a person stops living. |