# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 275-276

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), 275 to 276. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/275

ἐξ οὗ δῆλόν ἐστιν, ὅτι καὶ βραχύτατον λιβανωτὸν παρ’ ἀνδρὸς ὁσίου τιμιώτερον ὁ θεὸς νομίζει μυρίων θρεμμάτων, ὅσα ἄν τις ἱερουργῇ μὴ σφόδρα ἀστεῖος ὤν· ὅσῳ γάρ, οἶμαι, λίθων μὲν εἰκαίων ἀμείνων χρυσός, τὰ δ’ ἐν ἀδύτοις τῶν ἐκτὸς ἁγιώτερα, τοσούτῳ κρείττων ἡ διὰ τῶν ἐπιθυμιωμένων εὐχαριστία τῆς διὰ τῶν ἐναίμων. ὅθεν οὐ μόνον ὕλης πολυτελείᾳ καὶ κατασκευῇ καὶ τόπῳ τετίμηται ὁ τῶν θυμιαμάτων βωμός, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ πρότερον καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ὑπηρετεῖν ταῖς πρὸς θεὸν ἀνθρώπων εὐχαριστίαις· οὐ γὰρ ἐφεῖται τὴν ὁλόκαυτον θυσίαν ἔξω προσαγαγεῖν, πρὶν ἔνδον περὶ βαθὺν ὄρθρον ἐπιθυμιᾶσαι.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg024.local001/.