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# us and our ancestors ... we
The people speak as if they were present with their ancestors, and interchange the words "us" and "we" with "our ancestors." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])
# house of slavery
Here "house" is an idiom that refers to the location of their slavery. Alternate translation: "place where we were slaves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# nations through whom we passed
"nations that we passed through"