The imperative of preserving a distinct identity based on giving up the worship of other gods or older gods and observing all that is written in the law of Moses is reiterated in Joshua's farewell address in Joshua 23, and in the covenant renewal ceremony in 24.

保存明确身份的需求,建立在放弃对其他或更早神灵的崇拜之上,并且要遵守写在摩西五经中的所有律法,《约书亚书》第23章约书亚的告别辞中多次重申，在24章中重立契约的仪式上。

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At some point there was a desire to separate, and in that process of identity formation, a polemic began to develop that created Yahweh in a distinct way, differentiated from the Canaanite deities.

某些时候，有非常强烈的分离的愿望，在这个过程中，也就形成了他们自己的身份，塑造截然不同的耶和华这一理论便开始发展，要与迦南的众神有所差别。

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