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 # So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "So Yahweh subdued the Midianites before the people of Israel" or "So Yahweh helped the Israelites defeat the Midianites" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"So Yahweh subdued the Midianites before the people of Israel" or "So Yahweh helped the Israelites defeat the Midianites"
 
 # they did not raise their heads up again
 
-This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "they did not attack Israel again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+"they did not attack Israel again" 
 
 # So the land had peace
 
-Here "land" represents the people of Israel. Alternate translation: "So the Israelites lived peacefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
-
-# forty years
-
-"40 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
+"So the Israelites lived peacefully" 
 
 # in the days of Gideon