Perhaps it had been "ritually killed" at the end of its life, like other Bronze-Age objects.

也许像其他青铜时代的物品一样，它在生命结束时被“仪式性地杀死”了。

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t The hatta't, the purification offering, doesn't rid a ritually impure person of their ritual impurity.

净化祭，hatta’,并不能使一个不洁者摆脱他的不洁。

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Among Slavic tribes in the Balkans17, young warriors ritually transformed into wolves by the wearing of pelts18.

巴尔干半岛上的斯拉夫部落中，年轻的勇士披上毛皮，通过这一仪式象征他们成了狼。

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You can't even offer a sacrifice unless you're already ritually pure, because you couldn't get into the sanctuary to offer your sacrifice if you weren't ritually pure.

如果仪式上不纯洁，你甚至不能献祭，因为如果你仪式上不纯洁，你将无法走进圣所,去贡献祭品。

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In contrast to ritual impurity, moral impurity does arise from the commission of sins. Ritual impurity does not: you're never told not to become ritually impure, okay?

相比仪式的不洁，道德的不洁,的确是由于罪恶的堆积而产生，仪式上的不洁不是：,没有人告诉你别变得仪式上的不洁，对吧？

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Burying the dead makes one ritually impure, but God commands proper care of the dead.

埋葬死者导致仪式上的不洁，尽管上帝要求我们合理地照看死者。

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Under Islamic religious practices, Muslims cannot eat pork or animals that have not been ritually slaughtered.

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But the ancient Egyptians would also, it is said, ritually bury redheaded men alive.

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One story has it that Seong forced an ex-boyfriend to ritually burn gifts from former girlfriends.

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