# De Cherubim 17

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/17

(Deut. 29, 29), προστέτακται τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ προφήτῃ λόγῳ, τὴν ψυχὴν „ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ στῆσαι“ ἀποκαλύφῳ τῇ κεφαλῇ (Num. 5, 18), τουτέστι τὸ κεφάλαιον δόγμα γυμνωθεῖσαν καὶ τὴν γνώμην ᾗ κέχρηται ἀπαμφιασθεῖσαν, ἵν’ ὄψεσι ταῖς ἀκριβεστάταις ἐπικριθεῖσα τοῦ ἀδεκάστου θεοῦ ἢ τὴν ὑποτυφομένην εἰρωνείαν, κίβδηλον νόμισμα, διελεγχθῇ ἢ πάσης οὖσα κακίας ἀμέτοχος ἐκνίψηται τὰς καθ’ αὑτῆς διαβολὰς μάρτυρι χρησαμένη τῷ μόνῳ γυμνὴν

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Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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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