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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking.
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# When I found Israel
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This refers to when Yahweh first started his relationship with the people of Israel by claiming them as his own special people.
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# it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. Like the very first fruit of the season on the fig tree
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Both of these statements emphasize situations that are pleasing to a person. This means Yahweh was very happy when his relationship with the people of Israel started. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# Baal Peor
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This is the name of a mountain in the land of Moab where the false god Baal was worshiped. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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