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[193]
Εἷς ναὸς ἑνὸς θεοῦ, φίλον γὰρ ἀεὶ παντὶ τὸ ὅμοιον, κοινὸς
ἁπάντων κοινοῦ θεοῦ ἁπάντων. τοῦτον θεραπεύσουσιν μὲν
διὰ παντὸς οἱ ἱερεῖς, ἡγήσεται δὲ τούτων ὁ πρῶτος ἀεὶ κατὰ γένος.
[194]
οὗτος μετὰ τῶν συνιερέων θύσει τῷ θεῷ, φυλάξει τοὺς νόμους,
δικάσει περὶ τῶν ἀμφισβητουμένων, κολάσει τοὺς ἐλεγχθέντας. ὁ
τούτῳ μὴ πειθόμενος ὑφέξει δίκην ὡς εἰς θεὸν αὐτὸν ἀσεβῶν.
[195]
θύομεν τὰς θυσίας οὐκ εἰς μέθην ἑαυτοῖς, ἀβούλητον γὰρ θεῷ
τόδε, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς σωφροσύνην.
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καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις χρὴ πρῶτον
ὑπὲρ τῆς κοινῆς εὔχεσθαι σωτηρίας, εἶθ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτῶν: ἐπὶ γὰρ
κοινωνίᾳ γεγόναμεν καὶ ταύτην ὁ προτιμῶν τοῦ καθ᾽ αὑτὸν ἰδίου
μάλιστα θεῷ κεχαρισμένος.
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δέησις δ᾽ ἔστω πρὸς τὸν θεόν, οὐχ
ὅπως δῷ τἀγαθά, δέδωκεν γὰρ αὐτὸς ἑκὼν καὶ πᾶσιν εἰς μέσον
κατατέθεικεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως δέχεσθαι δυνώμεθα καὶ λαβόντες φυλάττωμεν.
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ἁγνείας ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις διείρηκεν ὁ νόμος ἀπὸ κήδους
ἀπὸ λέχους ἀπὸ κοινωνίας τῆς πρὸς γυναῖκα καὶ πολλῶν ἄλλων.
[ἃ μακρὸν ἂν εἴη γράφειν. τοιοῦτος μὲν ὁ περὶ θεοῦ καὶ τῆς
ἐκείνου θεραπείας λόγος ἡμῖν ἐστιν, ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἅμα καὶ νόμος.]
Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1892.
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