这是奉他之命买的。

It was bought on his orders.

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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.

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他惟上级之命是从。

He always does what his superiors tell him.

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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