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731 B
Markdown
21 lines
731 B
Markdown
Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.
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## you must save alive nothing that breathes ##
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This negative phrase emphasizes that this is a complete destruction. AT: "you must kill every living thing" or "you must not let any living thing stay alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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## you must utterly destroy them ##
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"you must completely destroy these nations"
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## Do this so that they ##
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"Destroy these nations so that they"
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## act in any of their disgusting ways...their gods ##
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AT: "act in a disgusting way like the people in these nations have acted toward their gods"
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## If you do, you will sin against Yahweh our God ##
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AT: "If you act like these nations, you will sin against Yahweh our God" |