# Selecta in Leviticum 16

Origen, Selecta in Leviticum, Paragraph 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/selecta-in-leviticum/16

Οὖτος ὁ νόμος περὶ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν καὶ πάσης ψυχῆς. Πολὺν ποιεῖται λόγον περὶ καθαρολ καὶ ἀκαθάρτου· πρῶτον ἁγίαν εἶναι τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκπαιδεύει. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ φυσικὸν τοιοῦτον οἷον ἐκ προστάγματος Θεοῦ γέγονεν, ἀκάθαρτον, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ ἀπὸ μοχθηρᾶς προαιρέσεως, καὶ οὐκ ἐκ προστάγμα τος Θεοῦ γεγονός; Εἰ τὸ οὗ Θεὸς ποιητὴς ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι νομίζοι τις, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ ἐναντίως ἔχον πρὸς τὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ βούλημα, καὶ ποιοῦν ὅπερ ἀπηγόρευσεν;

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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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