richmahn_en_tn/deu/32/14.md

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General Information:

Moses speaks a poetic song to the people of Israel. He speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the word "you" here is singular. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)

He ate

Moses continues to speak of the Israelites as "Jacob" (Deuteronomy 32:9). You may need to translate as though Moses were speaking of the Israelites as many people. Alternate translation: "Our ancestors ate" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns)

fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats

The people of Israel had many healthy herd animals.