# De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum) 23

Hippolytus, De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum), Fragment 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/de-benedictione-balaam-fragmenta-ap-irenaeum/23

Ἀποδοῦναι ἐκδίκησιν παρὰ Κυρίου τῇ Μαδιάμ. Ὁ γὰρ μηκέτι ἐν πνεύματι Θεοῦ λαλῶν, ἀλλὰ κατέναντι νόμου Θεοῦ, ἕτερον πορνείας νόμον ἱστάνων, οὗτος οὐκέτι ὡς προφήτης, ἀλλ' ὡς μάντις λογισθήσεται· μὴ ἐμμείνας γὰρ τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντολῇ, ἄξιον τῆς αὐτοῦ κακομηχανίας ἀντελάβετο μισθόν.

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Hippolytus Scr. Eccl., De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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