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# Connecting Statement:
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Nehemiah continues praying to God.
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# Please call to mind
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To "call to mind" is an idiom that means to remember. AT: "Please remember" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the word you commanded your servant Moses
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The pronouns "you" and "your" refer to God.
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# If you act unfaithfully ... scatter you ... if you return ... your people
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The pronouns "you" and "your" are plural and refer to the Israelite people.
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# I will scatter you among the nations
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Yahweh speaks of causing the Israelite people to live in other nations as if he scattered them like one would scatter seeds. AT: "I will cause you to live among the nations" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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