# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 135

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), Περὶ περιτομῆς.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/135

τρίτον ἐστὶ γέρας τὰ πρωτότοκα ἀρρενικὰ πάντα τῶν χερσαίων ὅσα πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν καὶ χρῆσιν ἀνθρώπων· ταῦτα γὰρ κελεύει διαδίδοσθαι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι, βοῶν μὲν καὶ προβάτων καὶ αἰγῶν αὐτὰ τὰ ἔκγονα, μόσχους καὶ κριοὺς καὶ χιμάρους, ἐπειδὴ καθαρὰ καὶ πρὸς ἐδωδὴν καὶ πρὸς θυσίας ἐστί τε καὶ νενόμισται, λύτρα δὲ τῶν ἄλλων κατατιθέναι, ἵππων καὶ ὄνων καὶ καμήλων καὶ τῶν παραπλησίων, μὴ μειοῦντας τὴν ἀξίαν.

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Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), ed. Leopold Cohn, 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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