# Selecta in Leviticum 10

Origen, Selecta in Leviticum, Paragraph 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/selecta-in-leviticum/10

Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Λέγομεν ὡς διατροφῆς ἀφορμὴ μᾶλλον τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἧσαν αἱ θυσίαι καὶ σκιὰ τῆς εὐσεβείας. Διπλοῦν δέ ἐστι τὸ κέρδος τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ θύειν· καὶ ὅτι Θεῷ προσάγεται τιμὴ, καὶ ὅτι ἃ θύει τις οὐκ ἂν προσκυνήσειεν, οὔδὲ ἄν οἰηθείη Θεὸν εἶναι.

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Origenes, Selecta in Leviticum, ed. Charles de La Rue, Charles Vincent de La Rue. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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