It symbolizes the victory of the forces of life, oath and holiness over death and impurity.

这象征着生命力的胜利，誓言和神圣能够战胜死亡和不洁。

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But if he was innocent, he didn't know that she was a married woman, "the seignor shall prosecute his wife, treating her as he thinks fit."

但如果他是无罪的，并不知道她是某人的妻子，“某人则应以誓言揭发自己的妻子，并且可以任意对待她“

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They were offered in thanksgiving or upon the successful completion of a vow.

在感恩节供奉,或者达成一个誓言的时候供奉。

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You have a freewill offering--just because someone wants to do this, a freewill offering. And you have a vow offering that would be offered on the successful completion of a vow, for example. And these sacrifices are all entirely optional.

自由祭品--只因为有人想这么干，自由祭品，还有一个誓言祭品,举个例子，一个誓言如果成功达成，便会供奉祭品，这些祭品都是可选择的。

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There is generally a concluding invocation of witnesses, usually the gods are invoked as witnesses to a binding oath, some kind of covenantal oath that brings the treaty into effect, and it's witnessed by gods.

一般也包括一段援引见证人的文字，一般是上帝见证一个有约束力的誓言的诞生，这个誓言可以使条约生效，上帝是见证人。

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