The jealousy of the suzerain is the motivation for prohibitions against certain intimate contacts with non-Yahweh peoples, because these alliances will end up entailing recognition of the gods of these peoples.

领主的嫉妒成为禁止与非耶和华信仰的人,进行亲密接触的诱因,因为与这些盟国接触，会导致对这些人所崇拜的神的认同。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We think of force as the cause and a as the result or the effect.

我们把力看做诱因,把 a 看作结果或者效应

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