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 # it came about
 
-This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
+This phrase marks an important event in the story.
 
 # in the twenty-seventh year
 
-This was after King Jehoiachin and the people of Judah were taken as exiles to Babylon. Alternate translation: "in the twenty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"in the twenty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin". This was after King Jehoiachin and the people of Judah were taken as exiles to Babylon.
 
 # on the first of the first month
 
-"on the first day of the first month." This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The first day is near the beginning of April. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])
+"on the first day of the first month." This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The first day is near the beginning of April.
 
 # the word of Yahweh came
 
-This is an idiom that is used to introduce something that God told his prophets or his people. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:16](../03/16.md). Alternate translation: "Yahweh spoke this message" or "Yahweh spoke these words" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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+"Yahweh spoke this message". This introduces something that God told his prophets or his people. See Ezekiel 3:16.
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