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# When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not evil?
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Here Yahweh uses a question to rebuke the people. Alternate translation: "You know very well that it is evil for you to offer blind animals for sacrifice!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# When you offer the lame and sick, is that not evil?
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Here Yahweh uses a question to rebuke the people. Alternate translation: "And you know very well that it is evil for you to offer lame and sick animals!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Present that to your governor! Will he accept you or will he lift up your face?
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The command in the first sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: "If you present that to your governor, will he accept you or will he lift up your face?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# Will he accept you or will he lift up your face?
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Here Yahweh asks this question in order to remind the people that their governor would never accept defective animals from them. Alternate translation: "If you do those things, you know that the governor will not accept you. He will not lift up your face." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# will he lift up your face
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Lifting up someone's face refers to accepting him with favor. Alternate translation: "will he accept you with favor" or "will he agree to help you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Present
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give as a gift to show respect
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