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# the God of the spirits of all humanity

Possible meaning are 1) here "spirits" refers to all people." AT: "the God over all of humanity" or 2) the reference to "spirits" refers to God having given life and breath to all people. AT: "the God who gives breath to all people" or "the God who give life to all humanity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# a man over the community

To be "over" a group of people means to have authority to lead them. AT: "a man to lead the community" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# a man who may go out and come in before them and lead them out and bring them in

This is an idiom that means a person who will lead all the people and also lead the army into battle. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# so that your community is not like sheep that have no shepherd

This is a simile that means without a leader the people will wander and be helpless. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the God of the spirits of all humanity`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Possible meaning are 1) here "spirits" refers to all people." AT: "the God over all of humanity" or 2) the reference to "spirits" refers to God having given life and breath to all people. AT: "the God who gives breath to all people" or "the God who give life to all humanity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a man over the community`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`To be "over" a group of people means to have authority to lead them. AT: "a man to lead the community" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a man who may go out and come in before them and lead them out and bring them in`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is an idiom that means a person who will lead all the people and also lead the army into battle. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# so that your community is not like sheep that have no shepherd`

			`This is a simile that means without a leader the people will wander and be helpless. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])`