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the covenant decrees
The phrase "the covenant decrees" refers to the box that held the tablets that the covenant decrees were written on. AT: "the ark of the covenant" or "the box that holds the covenant decrees" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
so that you may end complaints against me
The word "complaints" is an abstract noun that can be expressed as a verb. AT: "so that you may stop them from complaining against me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
or they will die
This is what would happen if the people were to continue complaining. God wanted to prevent this. AT: "so that they will not die"