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# for forty days he was tempted
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Most versions say that the temptation was throughout the forty days. The UDB states "While he was there, the devil kept tempting him" to make this clear.
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# forty days
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"40 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# he was tempted by the devil
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This can be stated in active form, and you can make explicit what it was the devil tempted him to do. AT: "the devil tried to persuade him disobey God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# He ate nothing
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The word "he" refers to Jesus.
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