Jacob Milgrom has argued that there's a kind of Archimedean principle at work here: every sin creates an impurity that encroaches upon the realm of holiness and displaces a certain amount of holiness.

雅各布·米尔格罗姆认为，这里存在着一种阿基米德原理：，每一种罪孽都会造成不洁，这种不洁逐渐蚕食神圣，慢慢取代神圣的位置。