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1 Chronicles 29:13-15
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 29:13-15
New English Translation
13 Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!
14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much?[a] Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.[b] 15 For we are resident foreigners and temporary settlers[c] in your presence, as all our ancestors were;[d] our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.[e]
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- 1 Chronicles 29:14 tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:14 tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 tn The Hebrew terms ger (גֵּר; “resident foreigner”) and toshav (תּוֹשָׁב; “resident/dweller”) have similar meanings. They are not used here with the technical distinctions of most references in Mosaic Law. 1 Chron 29:15 takes up this language from Lev 25:23 where the terms emphasize that Israel would be a guest on God’s land. This is a privileged but dependent position; they did not own the land. Cf. also Ps 39:12 and Gen 23:4.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20).
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 tn Or perhaps “hope.”
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