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 # the captain of their thousand
 
-"the captain of your brothers' thousand." Possible meanings are 1) the word "thousand" represents the exact amount of soldiers that this captain led. Alternate translation: "the captain of your brothers' unit of 1,000 soldiers" or 2) the word translated as "thousand" does not represent exact number, but is the name of a large military division. Alternate translation: "the captain of your brothers' military division" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
+"the captain of your brothers' unit of 1,000 soldiers" or "the captain of your brothers' military division" 
 
 # Look to the well-being of your brothers