Philo Judaeus, De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia, ed. Paul Wendland, 99

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[99] ἐνθένδε ὁ μὲν ἀσκητικὸς ὁρμηθεὶς εὐχόμενος εἶπε· „πάντων ὧν ἄν μοι δῷς, δεκάτην ἀποδεκατώσω σοί“ (Gen. 28,22), ὁ ὁ δὲ χρησμὸς ὁ ὁ μετὰ τὰς ἐπινικίους εὐχὰς
ἀναγραφείς, ἃς ὁ τὴν αὐτομαθῆ καὶ αὐτοδίδακτον λαχὼν ἱερωσύνην ποιεῖται Μελχισεδέκ, "ἔδωκε γὰρ αὐτῷ“ φησίν „δεκάτην ἀπὸ πάντων“ (Gen. 14,20), ἀπὸ τῶν κατ’ αἴθησιν τὸ καλῶς αἰσθάνεσθαι, ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ λόγον τὸ εὖ λέγειν, ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ νοῦν τὸ εὖ διανοεῖσθαι.

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.) — 99 focus

[99] From this consideration it was, that Jacob, the practiser of virtue, at the beginning of his prayers, says: "Of all that thou givest me, I will set apart and consecrate a tenth to thee." ¹ And the sacred scripture, which was written after the prayers on occasion of victory, which Melchisedek, who had received a self-instructed and self-taught priesthood, makes, says: "For he gave him a tenth of all things," ² assigning to him the outward senses the faculty of feeling properly, and by the sense of speech the faculty of speaking well, and by the senses connected with the mind the faculty of thinking well.

Philo Judaeus De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia 99

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