以色列人就除掉他们中间的外邦神，事奉耶和华。耶和华因以色列人受的苦难，就心中担忧。

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

youdao

因耶和华为大，当受极大的赞美。他在万神之上当受敬畏。

For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

youdao

意味着受尊敬的、要供奉给神的东西。

It was something worshiped or venerated and offered to the gods.

youdao

His claim that the lives of his fellow citizens are not worth living and his claim that his way of life has been commanded by a god that no one else has ever heard or seen.

他主张其同胞的人生,不值得活,和自己的生活方式,是受神性的指示,这些都未曾有人听闻过。

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The ritual cult of the Israelites may look like that of their neighbors but it functioned very differently; its purpose was drastically different from that of Israel's neighbors. The Israelites like their neighbors may have set up a king over themselves. But Israelite monarchy differed from Canaanite monarchy in significant ways because of their monotheism.

从祭拜仪式上看，以色列人和邻国类似,但操作起来很不一样，而目的则完全相反,以色列人可能会像邻国那样,拥立一位君主，然而受一神论的影响,以色列的君主政体和迦南地区的有明显差异。

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