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# You have deserted ... your father ... you forgot ... gave you
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Moses is speaking to the Israelites as if they were one man, so all instances of "you" and "your" are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# You have deserted the Rock
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Here Yahweh is called the rock because he is strong and protective. AT: "You have left the protective care of Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the Rock
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This a proper name that Moses gives to Yahweh, who, like a rock, is strong and able to protect his people. See how you translated this in [Deuteronomy 32:4](./04.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# who became your father ... who gave you birth
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This compares Yahweh to a father and a mother. This means God caused them to live and to be a nation. AT: "who fathered you ... who gave life to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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