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# Some wicked fellows have gone out from among you
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The phrase "from among you" means that these wicked men were Israelites who lived in their communities.
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# have drawn away the inhabitants of their city and said, 'Let us go and worship other gods that you have not known.'
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This can be translated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "have persuaded those who live in their city to go and worship other gods that they have not known." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
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# have drawn away the inhabitants of their city
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A person causing someone else to stop obeying Yahweh is spoken of as if the person has caused the other person to physically turn and leave Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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