unfoldingWord_en_tn/deu/19/01.md

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General Information:

Moses is still speaking to the people of Israel.

When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations

Yahweh destroying the people who live in Canaan is spoken of as if he were cutting them off, as one would cut a piece of cloth or cut a branch from a tree. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

the nations

This represents the people groups that live in Canaan. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

those whose land Yahweh your God is giving you

"those nations who were living in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you"

come after them

"take the land from those nations" or "possess the land after those nations are gone"