The Ark was a visible sign of his presence and it marched before them And soon after the conquest representatives of all of the tribes of Israel are going to meet and make a solemn covenant at Shechem to be the people of Yahweh, to worship him alone.

约柜便是他现身的标志，它在他们面前行进,在征服之后，以色列各个支派的代表们,将要会面并且在示剑订立神圣的契约,立约做耶和华的子民，只对他崇拜。

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We do know, again, Thucydides is our source, that it was customary for colonies to send representatives back to the mother city for the religious observations that were common to them all, so that those create good feelings.

修昔底德的著作里提到,殖民地派遣代表回母邦,参与宗教仪式是他们的习俗,所以这使彼此间有了好感

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