Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 98

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[98] διὰ τοῦτο οἶμαι τὰ πρωτότοκα καθιέρωσε πάντα, τὴν δεκάτην, λέγω Λευιτικὴν φυλήν, ἀντικαταλλαξάμενος πρὸς διατήρησιν καὶ φυλακὴν ὁσιότητος καὶ εὐσεβείας καὶ λειτουργιῶν, αἳ πρὸς τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ τιμὴν ἀναφέρονται.
τὸ γὰρ πρῶτον καὶ ἄριστον ἐν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς ὁ λογισμός ἐστι, καὶ ἄξιον ¹ τὰς συνέσεως καὶ ἀγχινοίας καταλήψεώς τε καὶ φρονήσεως καὶ τῶν ἄλλων δυνάμεων, ὅσαι περὶ αὐτόν εἰσιν, ἀπαρχὰς ἀνατιθέναι θεῷ τῷ τὴν εὐφορίαν τοῦ διανοεῖσθαι παρασχόντι.

De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On the Meeting for the sake of seeking Instruction First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 98 focus

[98] On this account I think it is, that God ordered to be consecrated the whole of the first-born, the tenth, I mean the tribe of Levi, taking them in exchange for the first-born, for the preservation and protection of holiness, and piety, and sacred ministrations, which all have reference to the honour of God. For the first and best thing in ourselves is our reason, and it is very proper to offer up the first-fruits of our cleverness, and acuteness, and comprehension, and prudence, and of all our other faculties which we have in connection with our reason as first-fruits to God, who has bestowed upon us this great abundance of power of exerting our intelligence.

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1. 1.
2 δεκάδας GF
2 μέντοι HGF: μὲν MA 3.
4 τιθασσοῦ v
4 θρέμματος MAH: πράγματος GF, mg. H
6 τοῦ om. GF ἐννέα ΜΑ(Η1): ἐννάτου GFH2
8 ἐκ γῆς MAH: γῆς G, γῆ F διήρηται AG
9 ἄγιόν ἐστι GF
10 ἄν] ἐὰν GF
11 ἐστὶν GF
12 περὶ om. GF σωματικὸν G
13 ὃς] ὡς Α(Η1)
14 primum καὶ MAF: καὶ ἡ G(?)H ὑγίεια H: ὑγεία ceteri θείᾳ om. Α δ’ om. v 15.
16 δ’ ἐστὶν αἴσθησις GF αἱ αἰσθήσεις conicio
16 διήρηται AG 16.
17 ἀκούειν ὀσφραίνεσθαί τε GF
17 δὲ GF: τε MAH 17.
18 εὐχαριστέον F 18.
19 σώματος ὄγκοις scripsi: σωματικοῖς codd.; σωματικοῖς ὄγκοις coni. Mang.
20 εἰπεῖν GF: om. MAH ἐν om. F
21 κρείττω F καὶ om. H
22 δεκάτην] ἀπαρχὴν coni. Mang. λόγω GF, ante λέγω add., sed rursus del. δέ H λέγω δὲ bene coni. Mang.
24 αἲ] d GF
25 post ἡμῖν εἶναι λέγεται, sed rursus del. Η
6 s. s. Η2, om. Α ἐστιν G, om. Η1 post καὶ ras. in H

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