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that day with these words
"that day, saying"
The people of Israel will pronounce blessings by your names saying
"The people of Israel will speak your names when they are blessing others"
by your names saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh'
This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "by your names. They will ask God to make others like Ephraim and like Manasseh" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
like Ephraim and like Manasseh
Israel saying Ephraim's name first is another way he indicates that Ephraim will be greater than Manasseh.
Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh
Giving Ephraim the greater blessing and making him more important than Manasseh is spoken of as if Israel physically put Ephraim in front of Manasseh. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)