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693 B
Markdown
17 lines
693 B
Markdown
# Each day you must give him his wage
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"You should give the man the money he earns every single day"
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# the sun must not go down on this unsettled matter
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This is an idiom. The Israelites considered the new day as starting when the sun went down. AT: "you should pay the man on the same day he does the work" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# for he is poor and is counting on it
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The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "because he is poor and depends on his wages to buy his food for the next day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# he does not cry out against you to Yahweh
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"he does not call out to Yahweh and ask him to punish you"
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