# De sobrietate 49

Philo Judaeus, De sobrietate, Section 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sobrietate/49

διὰ τοῦτο μέντοι κἀν τῷ νόμῳ τῆς λέπρας ὁ μέγας πάντα Μωυσῆς τὴν μὲν κίνησιν καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον αὐτῆς φορὰν καὶ χύσιν ἀκάθαρτον, τὴν δ’ ἠρεμίαν καθαρὰν ἀναγράφει· λέγει γὰρ ὅτι „ἐὰν διαχέηται ἐν τῷ δέρματι, μιανεῖ ὁ ἱερεύς. ἐὰν δὲ κατὰ χώραν μείνῃ τὸ τηλαύγημα καὶ μὴ διαχέηται, καθαριεῖ“(Lev. 13,22.23)· ὥστε τὴν μὲν ἡσυχίαν καὶ μονὴν κακιῶν καὶ παθῶν τῶν κατὰ ψυχὴν — ταῦτα γὰρ αἰνίττεται διὰ τῆς λέπρας — οὐχ ὑπαίτιον εἶναι, τὴν δὲ κίνησιν καὶ φορὰν ὕποχον δέοντως.

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Philo Judaeus, De sobrietate, 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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