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 # For a priest's lips should keep knowledge
 
-Here knowledge is spoken of as if it were an object that a priest could keep. In this passage, the idea of "keep knowledge" implies communicating true knowledge about God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Here knowledge is spoken of as if it were an object that a priest could keep. In this passage, the idea of "keep knowledge" implies communicating true knowledge about God. 
 
 # seek instruction
 
-Here instruction is spoken of as if it were an object that people could look for. This can be restated to remove the abstract noun "instruction." Alternate translation: "want to be instructed" or "want a priest to teach them truly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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-# from his mouth
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-Here "mouth" stands for what a person says. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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+"want to be instructed" or "want a priest to teach them truly" 
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