# Selecta in Leviticum 11

Origen, Selecta in Leviticum, Paragraph 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/selecta-in-leviticum/11

Καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνητε. Θάνατον ὁ λόγος ἔοικεν ἀπειλεῖν ἱερεῦσιν, οἶνον καὶ σίκερα πίνουσιν, ἡνίκα ἂν εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν εἰσπορεύωνται. Δεῖ γὰρ τοὺς ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ εὐχομένους ἐπισκόπους ἀποστρέφεσθαι ἀπὸ μέθης, οὐ μόνον τῆς ἀπὸ οἴνου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς τῶν πραγμάτων, καὶ διαλογισμῶν ἀνθρωπίνων. Οὐχ ὡς ἄτοπον δὲ ἀπαγορεύει τοῦτο, ἀλλʼ ὅτι ᾔδει τὸ ἀκρατὲς τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν, ὅτι ὁπόταν ἅψοιντο, εἰς ἀμετρίαν ἐχώρουν. Ἵν’ ὅτε εἰς τὰ ἅγια εἰσπορεύονται, νηφάλιον τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀκριβὲς ἔχωσι, καὶ λεπτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ μνημόσυνον.

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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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