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OET (OET-LV) And_ the_people_of _inquired of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) in/on/at/with_LORD and_there the_ark_of the_covenant_of the_ʼElohīm in_the_days the_those.
OET (OET-RV) They asked Yahweh (because the box containing the agreement with the true God was there in those days
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּֽיהוָ֑ה וְשָׁ֗ם אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵֽם
and,inquired sons_of Yisrael in/on/at/with,LORD and=there ark_of covenant_of the=ʼElohīm in_the=days the=those
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [Then, because the Box of the Covenant of God was there in those days, the sons of Israel inquired of Yahweh]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵֽם
in_the=days the=those
The author is using the term days by association to mean a particular time, since time is made up of days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [at that time]
20:26-28 The pressure was building to admit defeat and go home. The activities in the presence of the Lord increased in intensity as the Israelites sought the Lord’s direction.
OET (OET-LV) And_ the_people_of _inquired of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) in/on/at/with_LORD and_there the_ark_of the_covenant_of the_ʼElohīm in_the_days the_those.
OET (OET-RV) They asked Yahweh (because the box containing the agreement with the true God was there in those days
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.