这对犹太人理解他与上帝的关系，和用契约作为一个媒介，阐释他与上帝之间的关系,对这个领主条约，有什么意义呢？
Why does it matter that Israel understands its relationship with God, and uses the covenant as a vehicle for expressing its relationship with God, the vehicle of the suzerainty treaty?
上帝对犹太人的救赎是有目的的，直到了西奈，目的才显现出来，在西奈，犹太人将成为上帝的子民，与契约绑定。
God's redemption of the Israelites is a redemption for a purpose, a purpose that doesn't become clear until we get to Sinai, for at Sinai the Israelites will become God's people, bound by a covenant.
犹太人的命运,将取决于他们对契约的忠实程度。
Israel's fortunes will be seen to ride on the degree of its faithfulness to this covenant.
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