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# You will be left ... you were like ... you did not listen
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Moses is speaking to the Israelites as a group, so all instances of "you" are plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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# you were like the stars of the heavens in number
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This means that in the past there were many Israelites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# to the voice of Yahweh
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Here the metonym "voice of Yahweh" refers to what Yahweh says. Alternate translation: "to what Yahweh says" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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