# De agricultura 44

Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, Section 44. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-agricultura/44

ὁ δ’ αὐτὸς οὗτος εὔχεται, μὴ ὡς ἀνεπιτρόπευτον ποίμνην τὸν ὄχλον καὶ λεὼν ἅπαντα τῆς ψυχῆς ἀφεθῆναι, τυχεῖν δὲ ἀγαθοῦ ποιμένος ἐξάγοντος μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀφροσύνης καὶ ἀδικίας καὶ πάσης κακίας δικτύων, εἰσάγοντος δὲ εἰς τὰ παιδείας καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀρετῆς δόγματα· „ἐπισκεψάσθω“ γάρ φησι „κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ πάσης σαρκὸς ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ τῆς συναγωγῆς ταύτης“· εἶτα ὀλίγα προσειπὼν ἐπιφέρει· „καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἡ συναγωγὴ κυρίου ὡσεὶ πρόβατα, οἷς οὐκ ἔστι ποιμήν“ (Num. 27,16.17).

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Philo Judaeus, De agricultura, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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