# De migratione Abrahami 47

Philo Judaeus, De migratione Abrahami, Section 47. Ancient Greek.

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

θεωρητικοῦ γὰρ τίς ἀμείνων βίος ἢ μᾶλλον οἰκειούμενος λογικῷ; διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τῆς τῶν θνητῶν ζῴων φωνῆς κριτήριον ἐχούσης ἀκοὴν τοὺς τοῦ θεοῦ λόγους οἱ χρησμοὶ φωτὸς τρόπον ὁρωμένους μηνύουσι· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἑώρα τὴν φωνήν“ (Exod. 20, 18), οὐκ ἤκουεν, ἐπειδήπερ οὐκ ἀέρος πλῆξις ἦν διὰ τῶν στόματος καὶ γλώττης ὀργάνων τὸ γινόμενον, ἀλλὰ φέγγος ἀρετῆς τὸ περιαυγέστατον, λογικῆς ἀδιαφοροῦν πηγῆς, ὃ καὶ ἑτέρωθι μηνύεται τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον· „ὑμεῖς ἑωράκατε, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λελάληκα πρὸς ὑμᾶς“ (Exod. 20, 22), οὐχὶ ἠκούσατε, διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν.

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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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