unfoldingWord_en_tn/num/23/23.md

# There is no sorcery that works against Jacob ... no fortune-telling harms Israel

These two lines mean the same thing, that no curse that anyone puts on the nation of Israel will be effective. Here "Jacob" is a metonymy that refers to Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# it must be said

This can be stated in active form. "people must say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# Look what God has done!

It is implied that what God did for them was good. AT: "Look at the good things God has done for them!"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# There is no sorcery that works against Jacob ... no fortune-telling harms Israel`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These two lines mean the same thing, that no curse that anyone puts on the nation of Israel will be effective. Here "Jacob" is a metonymy that refers to Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# it must be said`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. "people must say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# Look what God has done!`

			`It is implied that what God did for them was good. AT: "Look at the good things God has done for them!"`