Philo Judaeus, De Virtutibus, ed. Leopold Cohn, 98

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[98] ἑξαετίαν, φησίν, ἀπολαυέτωσαν οἱ κτήτορες ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐκτήσαντο καὶ ἐγεωπόνησαν,
ἕνα δὲ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕβδομον οἱ ἀκτήμονες καὶ ἀχρήματοι, μηδενὸς τῶν κατὰ γεωργίαν ἐπιτελεσθέντος· ἄδικον γὰρ ἦν, ἑτέρους μὲν πονεῖν, ἑτέρους δὲ καρποῦσθαι· ἀλλ’ ἵνα τρόπον τινὰ τῶν χωρίων ἀδεσπότων ἐαθέντων, μὴ συνεφαψαμένης γεωργίας, ἄρτιαι καὶ πλήρεις αἱ χάριτες ἐκ θεοῦ μόνου γίνωνται προαπαντῶσαι τοῖς δεομένοις.

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

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De Virtutibus (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 5. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1906.)

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On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 3. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855.) — 98 focus

[98] The law says, ¹"Six years let the inhabitants of the land enjoy the fruits as a reward for the acquisitions which they have made and for the labours which they have undergone in cultivating the land; but for one year, namely, the seventh, let the poor and needy enjoy it, as no work pertaining to agriculture has been done in that year." For, if any work had been done, it would have been absurd for one man to labour and for another to reap the fruit of his labours. But this ordinance was given in order that, the lands being left this year in some manner without any owners, no cultivation of the land contributing to its fertility, the produce, although full and complete, might be seen to proceed wholly from the bounty of God, coming forth as it were to meet and relieve the necessitous.

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