en_tn/num/23/23.md

# There is no sorcery that works against Jacob ... no fortune-telling harms Israel

These two lines mean the same thing, that no curse that anyone puts on the nation of Israel will be effective. Here "Jacob" is a metonym that refers to Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# it must be said

This can be stated in active form. "people must say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# Look what God has done!

It is implied that what God did for them was good. Alternate translation: "Look at the good things God has done for them!"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 13:50:04 -07:00			`# There is no sorcery that works against Jacob ... no fortune-telling harms Israel`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 13:47:54 -07:00
Changed "a metonymy" to "a metonym" 2017-10-05 15:45:26 -04:00			`These two lines mean the same thing, that no curse that anyone puts on the nation of Israel will be effective. Here "Jacob" is a metonym that refers to Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 13:47:54 -07:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 13:50:04 -07:00			`# it must be said`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 13:47:54 -07:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 13:50:04 -07:00			`This can be stated in active form. "people must say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# Look what God has done!`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-09 17:34:10 -07:00			`It is implied that what God did for them was good. Alternate translation: "Look at the good things God has done for them!"`
added tw to notes 2017-06-23 17:15:21 -07:00