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1.3 KiB
Here begins Part Three of the book
What is that coming up from the wilderness
The group of people is traveling from the wilderness to Jerusalem. Because the wilderness is low in the Jordan valley and Jerusalem is high in the mountains, the people must go up in order to reach Jerusalem.
like a column of smoke
Because the people raised much dust in the air as they traveled, the dust looked like smoke in the distance. AT: "with columns of smoke going up." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense
AT: "the sweet smelling smoke of myrrh and frankincense surround it." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
with all powders sold by merchants
AT: "and the sweet smelling smoke of all powders that merchants sell." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)
powders
a fine dust made by crushing something solid
Look
This word shows here that the speaker now discovers the answer to the question in verse 6.
it is the portable litter
The word "portable" means that people can easily moved the litter (a bed with a cover) from one place to another.
sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel
This is repeated for emphasis. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
warriors
men who fight