The covenant with Yahweh will also, we shall see soon, preclude alliances with other human competitors.

接下来我们也会看到，与耶和华缔结的契约，同样阻止了和敌人的结盟。

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The covenant concluded at Sinai is referred to as the Mosaic covenant.

在西奈缔结的契约指的是摩西契约。

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Once we enter society, once we engage or conclude the social compact, we transfer our power to do this to the sovereign to determine these matters for us.

一旦我们进入到社会,参与到缔结的社会契约中，我们就已经把这些权力让渡给了国家,由国家来替我们决定这些事物。

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