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# a fixed time
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This is the time God decided he would stop the plague.
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# seventy thousand
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"70,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# from Dan to Beersheba
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Here mentioning the city of Dan in the extreme north and the city Beersheba in the extreme south means the entire nation of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# the angel reached out with his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it
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Here the metonym "hand" stands for the angel's power. AT: "the angel was about to destroy the people in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Yahweh changed his mind because of the harm
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This means that Yahweh stopped the evil that he was allowing the angel to do. AT: "Yahweh felt grieved about the harm"
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# Now draw back your hand
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The metonym "hand" stands for the angel's power. AT: "Do not harm them any longer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Araunah
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This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the threshing floor
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A threshing floor was a hard, flat surface where edible grain was separated from chaff. |