# De Cherubim 51

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/51

τάξιν. ἀλλ’ ἐνδέχεται τάχα που καὶ παρθένον ψυχὴν πάθεσιν ἀκολάστοις μιανθεῖσαν αἰσχυνθῆναι· διόπερ ὁ χρησμὸς πεφύλακται θεὸν ἄνδρα εἰπὼν οὐ παρθένου — τρεπτὴ γὰρ ἥδε καὶ θνητή — ἀλλὰ „παρθενίας“ (Ier. 3, 4), τῆς ἀεὶ κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ ὡσαύτως ἐχούσης ἰδέας· γένεσιν γὰρ καὶ φθορὰν ἐνδεχομένων φύσει τῶν ποιῶν, ἄφθαρτον αἱ τυποῦσαι δυνάμεις τῶν ἐν μέρει κλῆρον εἰλήχασι.

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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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