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# General Information:
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The words "you" and "your" in this verse refers to those persons Jehoshaphat appointed to be judges.
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# Connecting Statement:
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Jehoshaphat continues to instruct some of the Levites and the priests, and some of the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, who he appointed to be judges.
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# Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Whenever your brothers who live in their cities bring you a dispute" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# from your brothers
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Here "brothers" is a general reference to fellow Israelites.
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# bloodshed
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Here the killing of people is spoken of as shedding their blood, where "blood" represents their lives. Alternate translation: "the killing of people" or "murder" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# anger will come toward you and toward your brothers
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The abstract noun "anger" can be expressed as the adjective "angry." This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "God will be angry with you and your brothers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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