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# General Information:
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Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.
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# When you have come to the land
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The word "come to" can be translated as "gone to" or "entered." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-go]])
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# then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about me,'
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This has a quotation within a quotation. A direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "then you decide that you want a king just like the peoples of the nations that surround you have kings," (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
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# I will set a king over myself ... round about me
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Moses has the people speaking as if they were one person. It may be more natural to translate this with plural pronouns. Alternate translation: "We will set over ourselves ... round about us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])
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# set a king over myself
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Giving someone the authority to rule as king in Israel is spoken of as if the people were setting the person in a place above them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# all the nations that are round about me
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"all the surrounding nations"
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# all the nations
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Here "nations" represent the people who live in the nations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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