# De migratione Abrahami 115

Philo Judaeus, De migratione Abrahami, Section 115. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-migratione-abrahami/115

μαρτυρεῖ δὲ ὁ περὶ τούτων χρησμός· „οὐ γὰρ ἔδωκε“ φησίν „ὁ θεὸς τῷ Βαλαὰμ καταράσασθαί σοι, ἀλλ’ ἔστρεψε τὰς κατάρας εἰς εὐλογίαν“ (Deut. 23, 5), καίτοι πάντων ὅσα εἶπε πολλῆς γεμόντων εὐφημίας. ἀλλ’ ὁ τῶν ἐν ψυχῇ ταμιευομένων ἐπίσκοπος ἰδών, ᾧ κατιδεῖν ἔξεστι μόνῳ, τὰ ἀθέατα γενέσει, τὴν καταδικάζουσαν ἀπὸ τούτων ψῆφον ἤνεγκε, μάρτυς ἀψευδέστατος ὁμοῦ καὶ κριτὴς ἀδέκαστος ὁ αὐτὸς ὤν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τοὐναντίον ἐπαινετὸν βλασφημεῖν καὶ κατηγορεῖν δοκοῦντα τῇ

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Philo Judaeus, De migratione Abrahami, 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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