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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Moses continues to describe what the people are to do if the situation he began describing in [Numbers 5:12](../05/12.md) ever happens.
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 # near and place her before Yahweh
 
-"in the presence of Yahweh." The priest would bring her near the altar. Alternate translation: "near the altar and place her in the presence of Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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+"near the altar and place her in the presence of Yahweh"
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