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# General Information:
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The writer continues to describe what God did for the people of Israel.
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# the tent of Joseph
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Here the word "tent" is a metonym for a family. In this phrase it refers to the descendants of Joseph. AT: "the descendants of Joseph" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Joseph ... Ephraim
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Ephraim was Joseph's son.
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# Judah ... Mount Zion
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Mount Zion was in the land where the tribe of Judah lived.
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# He built his sanctuary like the heavens
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Possible meanings for this simile are 1) Yahweh has made his sanctuary as high as the heavens. AT: "He built his sanctuary high, like the heavens" or 2) Yahweh has made his sanctuary as permanent as the heavens. AT: "He built his sanctuary to last permanently, like the heavens last forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# like the earth
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The verb may be supplied from the previous line. The writer compares the permanence of Yahweh's sanctuary to the permanence of the earth. AT: "He built his sanctuary to last permanently, like the earth lasts permanently" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reject]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/josephot]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/elect]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tribe]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ephraim]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sanctuary]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/forever]] |