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# For you were slaughtered
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "For they slaughtered you" or "For people killed you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# slaughtered
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If your language has a word for killing an animal for a sacrifice, consider using it here.
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# with your blood
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Since blood represents a person's life, losing the blood represents dying. This probably means "by your death" or "by dying." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# you purchased people for God
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"you bought people so that they could belong to God" or "you paid the price so that people could belong to God"
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# from every tribe, language, people, and nation
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This means that people from every ethnic group are included.
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