Philo Judaeus De Mutatione Nominum 232

ed. Paul Wendland

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[232] τί δ’ οἰόμεθα ἐμφαίνεσθαι διὰ τοῦ· „μὴ χεὶρ κυρίου οὐκ ἐξαρκέσει“ (Num. 11,23) ; ἆρ’ οὐχὶ τὸ πάντῃ τὰς τοῦ ὄντος φθάνειν δυνάμεις ἐπ’ εὐεργεσίᾳ μὴ μόνον τῶν ἐνδόξων ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἀφανεστέρων εἶναι p. 614 M. δοκούντων; οἷς τὰ ἁρμόττοντα χαρίζεται πρὸς τὰ
τῆς ἑκάστου ψυχῆς σταθμήματα καὶ μέτρα σταθμώμενος καὶ διαμετρῶν ἰσότητι παρ’ ἑαυτῷ τὸ ἀνάλογον ἑκάστοις.

De Mutatione Nominum. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 232 focus

[232] Again, what do we imagine to be meant by the words, "Will not the hand of the Lord be sufficient?" ¹ Do they not signify that the powers of the living God penetrate everywhere for the purpose of conferring benefits, not only on those who are noble, but on those also who appear to be in a more obscure condition, to whom also God gives such things as are suitable to the measure and weight of the soul of each individual, conjecturing and measuring in his own mind with perfect equality what is proportionate to the circumstances and requirements of each.

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