# De Posteritate Caini 96

Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, Section 96. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-posteritate-caini/96

ἑκάτερον γὰρ εἰ καὶ ἰσότιμον, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὸ πάντως ἅγιόν ἐστιν. ἅγιον δὲ πρᾶγμα δοκιμάζεται διὰ τριῶν μαρτύρων, ἀριθμοῦ μέσου, παιδείας, ἀριθμοῦ τελείου. διὸ λέγεται· "πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῷ ἀριθμῷ ὑπὸ τὴν ῥάβδον, τὸ δέκατον ἅγιον“. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀπαξιωθὲν ἀριθμοῦ βέβηλον, οὐχ ἅγιον, τὸ δὲ καταριθμηθὲν ἅτε ἐγκεκριμένον ἤδη δόκιμον. τὸν γοῦν ὑπὸ Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ συναχθέντα σῖτόν φησιν ὁ νόμος μὴ δυνηθῆναι ἀριθμηθῆναι, καὶ ἐπιφέρει· „οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀριθμός“ (Gen. 41,49), ἐπειδὴ τὰ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων παθῶν θρεπτικὰ οὐκ ἄξια συνόλως ἀριθμεῖσθαι.

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Philo Judaeus, De Posteritate Caini, 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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