en_tn_lite_do_not_use/heb/11/13.md

translationWords

• en:tw:death
• en:tw:earth
• en:tw:promise

translationNotes

• The past leaders of the people of God had faith that what God has promised would come true.
• having seen and welcomed them from far off - This phrase is comparing the prophet's understanding of future events to welcoming a traveler arriving from far away. AT: "having understood what God will do in the future" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• admitted - "acknowledged" or "accepted"
• aliens - "foreigners" or "outsiders"
• a homeland - "a country"