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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And the two categories I'm going to divide them into are declarative and imperative knowledge.

我会把它分成两类：,陈述性的知识和程序性的知识。

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But it's a notion that's complicated in this case by the equally imperative notion "get out of the way," which doesn't at all necessarily entail stopping but rather accelerating in a different direction.

但是值得注意，这很复杂,正如红灯有时表示别挡路,它也不是从来都只表示停止,有时也表示向相反方向前进。

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