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## 600,000 people ##
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AT: "six-hundred thousand people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## Will we kill flocks and herds to satisfy them? Will we catch all the fish of the sea to satisfy them? ##
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Moses asks these questions to express his doubt that there could be enough meat to feed all of the people. AT: "We would have to kill entire flocks and herds and catch all the fish of the sea to satisfy them!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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## flocks and herds ##
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These two words mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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## to satisfy them ##
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"to satisfy their hunger"
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## Is my hand short? ##
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Here the word "hand" refers to power. AT: "Do you think that I am not powerful enough to do this?" or "I am more than strong enough to do this" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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