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-# Sherebiah ... Mahli
-
-These are men's names. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
-
 # So they sent us by our God's good hand a man
 
-God's "good hand" represents his kindness in providing for them. Alternate translation: "Because God was kind to us, they sent us a man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"Because God was kind to us, they sent us a man" 
 
 # a prudent man
 
-This is a man of understanding and wisdom.
+this is a man of understanding and wisdom
 
 # son of Levi son of Israel
 
 Here "Israel" is a man's name. It is the name God gave to Jacob.
 
-# eighteen
 
-"18" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])