en_tn_condensed/act/26/07.md

For this is the promise that our twelve tribes sought to receive

The phrase "our twelve tribes" stands for the people in those tribes. Alternate translation: "This is also what our fellow Jews in the twelve tribes were waiting for" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

the promise ... sought to receive

This speaks about a promise as if it were an object that can be received. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

worshiped God night and day

The extremes "night" and "day" mean they "worshiped God continually." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)

that the Jews

This does not mean all the Jews. Alternate translation: "that the leaders of the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)