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# General Information:
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Moses continues reminding the Israelites of what had happened to them in the wilderness.
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# 'Now rise up ... Zered.' So
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"'Then Yahweh said, "Now rise up ... Zered.' So." This can be translated as an indirect quote. AT: "Then Yahweh told us to rise up ... Zered. So" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# rise up
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begin to do something (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the brook Zered
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This stream flows into the Dead Sea from the southeast and creates the border between Edom and Moab. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Now the days
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The word "now" marks a change from the story to background information about how long the people of Israel traveled and about God's anger towards that generation. If your language has a way of showing that what follows is background information, you should use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# thirty-eight years
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"38 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# were gone from the people
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This is a polite way of saying "had died." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# the hand of Yahweh was against
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Here "the hand of Yahweh" refers to Yahweh's power. AT: "Yahweh used his power against" or "Yahweh punished" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]) |