SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 18:34

18:34a and said, “Fill four waterpots

Then Elijah said to the people, “Fill (plur) four large jars with water
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Then Elijah told/instructed the people to put water into four water pots

18:34b and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”

and pour (plur) the water over the offering and the wood/firewood.”
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and then to pour the water over the sacrifice/bull and the wood ⌊on the altar⌋.

18:34c “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time.

Then he said to them, “Do (plur) it/that again.” And they did it again.
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He commanded/told them to repeat the action, and they repeated it.

18:34d “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.

Then he told them, “Do (plur) it/that a third time,” and they did it a third time.
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Then he told them to pour the water a third time, and they did it for the third time.

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