If the Israelites were, in fact, basically Canaanites, who had withdrawn from the larger collective, who insisted on the overlordship of Yahweh, then Canaanites who did not join them in this were a special threat to the new Yahwism.

如果以色列人实际上是迦南人，他们从大团体中撤离，他们坚持耶和华的霸主般的唯一地位，那么没有加入他们的迦南人,对于新的耶和华崇拜便是一种威胁。

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That which is holy is separate. It's withdrawn from common, everyday use.

神圣的，就是独立于普通事物之外而存在的。

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