The story in Exodus has high drama, and lots of folkloric elements including this contest between Moses and Aaron on the one hand and the magicians of Egypt on the other hand.

出埃及记》中的故事很有戏剧性，有很多民间传说的元素,由摩西和亚伦之间的较量,以及与埃及巫师的争斗。

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The Egyptian magicians who are initially able to mimic some of the plagues that are brought on by God--they are quickly bested, and Yahweh's defeat of the magicians is tantamount to the defeat of the gods of Egypt.

埃及的巫师最初只会模仿,上帝制造的瘟疫，巫师们随后就被打败了，耶和华战胜了巫师相当于,打败了埃及的众神。

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And it feel like really this is just one of those like games the magicians play in the square where you are literally moving the cups around accomplishing nothing other than confusion - with the audience but-- which may actually be the case-- but, I argue that this is actually better.

看起来这就是一种,魔法师在广场中玩的游戏,在这个游戏中你只是逐个地移动杯子,除了让观众觉得困惑，其实什么事都没做,-但事实又是什么呢-,实际上我觉得不仅仅如此。

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So in fact, there are professional magicians who make it their business to debunk people who claim to genuinely be in contact with the dead and the like.

而事实上,有些专业的魔术师,主要揭露那些声称,能和死人沟通的人的秘密

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