Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 85

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[85] ἤδη γὰρ ὅ γε ὀμνὺς εἰς ἀπιστίαν ὑπονοεῖται. μελλητὴς οὖν ἔστω καὶ βραδύς, εἴ πως ἐνδέχοιτο ταῖς ὑπερθέσεσιν ἀπώσασθαι τὸν ὅρκον· εἰ δέ
τις ἀνάγκη βιάζοιτο, περισκεπτέον οὐ παρέργως ἕκαστα τῶν ἐμφερομένων·

De Decalogo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Decalogo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor.Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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Concerning the Ten Commandments, which are the Heads of the Law First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 85 focus

[85] Let a man, therefore, be dilatory, and slow if there is any chance that by delay he may be able to avoid the necessity of taking an oath at all; but if necessity compels him to swear, then he must consider with no superficial attention, every one of the subjects, or parts of the subject, before him; for it is not a matter of slight importance, though from its frequency it is not regarded as it ought to be.

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