en_tn/deu/14/21.md

General Information:

Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.

anything that dies of itself

This means an animal that dies a natural death.

For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God

Yahweh choosing the people of Israel to belong to him in a special way is spoken of as if Yahweh set them apart from all other nations. This can be stated in active form. AT: "For Yahweh your God has set you apart from other nations" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreigner
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/setapart
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/goat