这是奉他之命买的。

It was bought on his orders.

《新英汉大辞典》

在许多社会，子女结婚仍然只能听从父母之命。

In many societies children still marry someone of their parents 'choice.

youdao

我和我哥哥互相看不顺眼，可我们还是不愿违背父母之命。

We hate each other, my brother and I, but we preferred not to disobey my parents.

youdao

Jerusalem is the city that is referred to in Deuteronomy when it says God will choose a place to cause his name to dwell In the Deuteronomistic books, that place is going to be Jerusalem.

申命记》中提到耶路撒冷,它说，选择一座以上帝之名命名的城市供人居住,在《申命记》的经书中，这个地方便是耶路撒冷。

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At the same time, it's interesting that Deuteronomy seems to be aware of some of the dangers in this idea, the danger of a superiority complex, a moral danger involved in the notion of election.

同时，很有趣的是,《申命记》似乎意识到了这个观点的危险之处，优越性的危险，在“选择“这一概念中的道德危机。

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