So Klawans follows earlier scholars in suggesting that the rituals and sacrifices performed in this sanctuary were designed to ensure God's continued residence within and blessing of the community.

克洛文和一些早期的学者一样，认为,在圣所里进行宗教仪式献祭仪式,都是为了确保上帝长久地呆在这个地方,并祝福他的子民。

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The people in the city cry out to the gods. They want relief from him.

他统治下的人民，为了脱离统治，便向上帝控诉他的罪行。

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So much more important than historical verifiability is the conviction of the ancient Israelites who received and venerated these traditions, and developed them, and embellished them, that God had once acted on their behalf, rescuing them from bondage, binding them to himself in an eternal covenant.

无比史料证明更重要的是,古代以色列人坚定的信仰,他们接受并且崇敬那些传统，将它们发扬，美化它们，认为上帝曾为了他们而行动，将他们从奴役中解救，在永恒的契约中将他们与上帝联系在一起。

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So there are two components integral and inseparable in the concept of holiness: initial assignment of holy status by God and establishment of rules to preserve that holy status, and secondly, actualization of that holiness by humans through the observance of the commandments and rules that mark that thing off as holy.

因此在神圣这一概念中，有两个组成部分,一个是上帝最初形成的神圣状态,和为了保持这个神圣状态而建立的规则制度，第二个是，人们通过遵守戒律,而将神圣现实化到生活中,将神圣的事物标记出来。

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