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# Now the days
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/jit/writing-background]])
# thirty-eight years
"38 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
# were gone from the people
This is a polite way of saying "had died." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])