So Israel doesn't just in fact affirm the holy status of the Sabbath, they actualize the holy status of the Sabbath.

因此以色列不仅肯定了安息日的神圣性，他们实现了安息日的神圣性。

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They affirm some personal rights for the slave, but not all.

他们肯定奴隶有一些人权，但不具备全部的。

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He wants to find a way to not so much redeem as affirm time and age and understand them not simply as a cause of despair or as a cause of defeat.

他想找到一种方式，不是去挽回,时间或年龄，而是承认它们,不将其仅仅理解为绝望或失败的原因。

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