Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 93

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[93] διὸ χρὴ τὸν μέλλοντα ὀμνύναι πάντ’ ἐπιμελῶς ἐξητακέναι καὶ σφόδρα περιττῶς, τὸ πρᾶγμα, εἰ εὐμέγεθες καὶ εἰ
γέγονεν ὄντως καὶ εἰ πραχθὲν κατείληφε παγίως, ἑαυτόν, εἰ καθαρεύει ψυχὴν καὶ σῶμα καὶ γλῶτταν, τὴν μὲν παρανομίας, τὸ δὲ μιασμάτων, τὴν δὲ βλασφημιῶν· οὐ γὰρ ὅσιον, δι’ οὗ στόματος τὸ ἱερώτατον ὄνομα προφέρεταί τις, διὰ τούτου φθέγγεσθαί τι τῶν αἰσχρῶν.

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.) — 93 focus

[93] On which account the man who is going to take an oath ought to investigate everything with care and exceeding accuracy, considering whether the subject is of serious importance, and whether it has really taken place, and whether, if it has, he has comprehended it properly; and considering himself, also, whether he is pure in soul, and body, and tongue, having the first free from all violation of the law, the second from all defilement, and the last from all blasphemy.

For it is an impiety for any disgraceful words to be uttered by that mouth by which the most sacred name is also mentioned.

Philo Judaeus De Decalogo 93

ed. Leopold Cohn

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