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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues speaking to Aaron.
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# They are a gift to you
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Yahweh appointing the Levites to help Aaron is spoken of as if they were a gift that Yahweh were giving to Aaron. AT: "They are like a gift to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# given to me
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Here "given" to God represents being set apart to serve God. This can be stated in active form. AT: "which I have set apart for myself" or "and I have set them apart for myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# only you and your sons
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Here "you" and "your" are singular and refer to Aaron. Other occurrences of "you" and "your" are plural and refer to Aaron and his sons. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# exercise the priesthood
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"do the work of priests"
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# everything inside the curtain
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Being inside the curtain represents being inside the room behind the curtain. AT: "everything in the room behind the curtain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Any foreigner who approaches must be put to death
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "Any foreigner who approaches must die" or "You must put to death any foreigner who approaches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# who approaches
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What they should not approach can be stated clearly. AT: "who approaches the sacred things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) |