# De decalogo 47

Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, Section 47. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-decalogo/47

ἐγγυᾶται δέ μου τὸν λόγον ὁ νόμος, ἐν ᾧ γέγραπται· „πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἑώρα τὴν φωνήν“ (Exod. 20, 18)· ἐμφαντικώτατα· τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ἀκουστὴν εἶναι συμβέβηκεν, ὁρατὴν δὲ ὡς ἀληθῶς τὴν θεοῦ. διὰ τί; ὅτι ὅσα ἂν λέγῃ ὁ θεός, οὐ ῥήματά ἐστιν ἀλλ’ ἔργα, ἅπερ ὀφθαλμοὶ πρὸ ὤτων δικάζουσι.

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Philo Judaeus, De decalogo, 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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