Within the Herodian temenos in Jerusalem, a warning inscription prohibited non-Jews, under penalty of death, from proceeding any further inward. This was mounted on a low stone balustrade that encircled an area larger than the actual holy ground. As suggested in research, the underlying pentateuchal law for the inscription was הזר הקרב יומת, “the unauthorized encroacher shall be put to death.” The subjection of gentiles to this law, in particular, and its application even when they had not, de facto, trespassed on holy ground remain, however, unexplained. The article suggests that the inscription applied הזר הקרב יומת to a זר, in the sense of “a foreigner,” who merely קרב, “draws near” to sacred ground. A further suggestion is that this reading and implementation of the biblical law reflects a preemptive endeavor to blunt Jewish objection to a major cultic innovation by Herod: granting gentiles access to the Jerusalem temenos.

在耶路撒冷的Herodian temenos内，警告铭文禁止非犹太人受死刑，继续进行进一步的内向行动。它被安装在一块低矮的石栏杆上，该栏杆包围着比实际圣地更大的区域。正如研究中所建议的那样，铭文的基本五边形定律是הזרהקרביומת，“未经授权的侵略者应被处死。” 尤其是，让外籍人士服从该法律，即使事实上他们没有在圣地上侵入，也要遵守该法律，但仍无法解释。文章建议使用题词הזרהקרביומת 到一个 זר在“外国人”的意义上， קרב，“靠近”圣地。进一步的建议是，对圣经法律的阅读和执行反映了先发制人的努力，以平息犹太人对希律王朝重大宗教创新的反对：准予外邦人进入耶路撒冷的temenos。