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# Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shekaniah
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These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# Under him were Eden ... in the cities of the priests
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Here "under" is an idiom that means to be under someone's authority. Alternate translation: "Eden ... assisted Kore in the cities of the priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# They filled offices of trust, in order to give
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"Their duty was to give" or "They faithfully gave"
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# to their brothers
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Here "brothers" is a metaphor for "fellow priests." Alternate translation: "to their fellow priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# division by division
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"group by group"
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# to both the important and the unimportant
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Here "important" and "unimportant" are used together to mean "everyone." Alternate translation: "to everyone, including the important and the unimportant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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# the important and the unimportant
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This seems to imply the old and the young. This can be restated to removed the nominal adjectives. Alternate translation: "those who are old and those who are young" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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