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# General Information:
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The writer is writing about the stones used for the buildings.
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# These buildings were adorned with costly hewn stones
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The workers adorned the buildings with costly, hewn stones" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# hewn stones, precisely measured and cut with a saw and smoothed
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "hewn stones, that workers had precisely measured and cut with a saw and smoothed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# These stones were used
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The workers used these stones" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# from the foundation to the stones on top, and also on the outside to the great court
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The author is emphasizing that the workers used expensive stones for the foundations and all the buildings.
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