# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 190

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/190

Αἱ μὲν οὖν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἔθνους ἢ κυριώτερον εἰπεῖν ὑπὲρ παντὸς ἀνθρώπων γένους κοιναὶ καὶ ὁλόκαυτοι θυσίαι κατ’ ἐμὴν δύναμιν εἴρηνται. ταῖς δ’ ὁλοκαύτοις καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἑορτῆς παρέπεται χίμαρος, ὃς καλεῖται μὲν περὶ ἁμαρτίας, καταθύεται δὲ εἰς ἁμαρτημάτων ἄφεσιν, οὗ τὰ κρέα τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν εἰς ἐδωδὴν ἀπονέμεται. τίς οὖν αἰτία;

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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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