Philo Judaeus De Sobrietate 66

ed. Paul Wendland

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[66] οὗτος τῶν δώσεκα κατάρχει φυλῶν, ἅς οἱ χρησμοὶ „βασίλειον καὶ ἱεράτευμα θεοῦ" (Exod. 19, 6) φασιν εἶναι κατὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν πρῶτον Σὴμ εὐλογίαν, οὗ τοῖς οἴκοις ἦν εὐχὴ τὸν θεὸν ἐν οικῆσαι· βασίλειον γὰρ ὁ
βασιλέως δήπουθεν οἶκος, ἱερὸς ὄντως καὶ μόνος ἄσυλος.

De Sobrietate. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Sobrietate (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On Sobriety First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 66 focus

[66] He is the prince of the twelve tribes, which the scriptures call the "kingdom and priesthood of God," ¹ in reference to their agreement with the original author of their race, Shem, in whose house it was prayed that God might dwell; for a kingdom is the house of a king, being truly sacred, and the only house free from danger of being plundered.

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