It's merely limiting the number of gods worshipped to one, but it houses that God in a temple. It offers him sacrifices and so on.

这仅仅是把崇拜的神的数量缩减为一个，并且把这唯一的上帝供奉在寺庙里，对他进行供奉。

youdao

Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, o Judah.

你遭遇患难的时候，叫他们起来拯救你吧。犹大阿，你神的数目与你城的数目相等。

youdao

It's merely limiting the number of gods worshipped to one, but it houses that God in a temple. It offers him sacrifices and so on.

这仅仅是把崇拜的神的数量缩减为一个，并且把这唯一的上帝供奉在寺庙里，对他进行供奉。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He says the pagan idea, and I quote, "does not approach Israelite monotheism as it diminishes the number of its gods. The Israelite conception of God's unity entails His sovereign transcendence over all." That's the real issue.

考夫曼认为，异教思想，“即使缩小了神的数量，也和以色列的一神论不同,以色列中上帝的概念还包含了他对世间万物,至高无上的统治，“这是一个实际问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They also had a creation story. They had a flood story. They did animal sacrifices. They observed purity taboos. Israelite religion was another Ancient Near Eastern religion and they differed from their neighbors only over the number of gods they worshiped: one or many.

他们都有原创的神话，他们都有一个关于洪水的神话,都有动物牺牲，他们都尊崇高洁的竹子,以色列宗教是另一种古近东宗教，它们和别的宗教,唯一不同之处就在于崇拜的神的数量：一个还是多个。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The multi-player itself is comprised of several game modes, four gods to which you can give your allegiance in exchange for different starting characters, and a number of upgrades and unlocks to armor, special items, and so forth.

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