But he says it was legal. "Although the process was messy, I am pleased to say that the final outcome was determined in accordance with Afghan law,"

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So when it comes to dating the sources, certainly I would say all scholars agree that the Priestly materials reach their final form in the exile or post-exilic period. So that is the sixth century, right?

因此当说到资源时间考证，我肯定会说,所有学者都同意牧师资源最终成形,在流放或流放后期，也就是六世纪，对吧？

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It points to an exilic date for the work's final composition: that is to say when it was finally redacted, the redactors were in exile, writing for a people living in exile. And the Deuteronomist wants to make it clear that it is fidelity to the Torah, rather than residence in the land that is critically important.

它提出了最终成书是在流放时期：,就是说，当他最后被编辑完成，编辑是被流放的，是为流放中的人而著的书，《申命记》想要,表明它对经书的忠诚，而不是土地上的居所，这点非常重要。

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