承叶十八背末句:「挨了什么不洁之物的肉,就不可吃」这一节(利未记 7:19)——所说的岂不连「肉挨着受第二等不洁之物」也在内?经上却明说那肉不洁、居第三等之位。可见圣物能受第三等不必另找出处,第四等便可由上头那条轻重推论推出。
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什么不洁之物的肉,就不可吃——利未记 7:19。
any impure thing shall not be eaten” (Leviticus 7:19).
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我们所说的,岂不连「那肉挨着一样受第二等不洁之物」的光景也在内么?
Are we not dealing even with a case where meat touched an object that was ritually impure with second-degree ritual impurity?
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经上却明明说那肉是不洁的,居第三等不洁的分位。
And nevertheless, the verse states explicitly that it is impure and assumes third-degree ritual impurity status.
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可见圣物能受第三等的不洁,不必另找出处。
No other source is needed to teach that consecrated objects can assume third-degree ritual impurity status.
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既是如此,第四等便可由上头所说的那条轻重推论推出来。
Therefore, fourth-degree impurity status can be derived by means of the a fortiori inference, as we stated above.