For you
For this is not said by God to all the people, but only to Moses and Aaron. It is not written: "And God said to the people: This month is for you the beginning of months; it is first for you among the months of the year." (Exodus 12:1–3) It is written: "And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying: This month is for you the beginning of months; it is first for you among the months of the year." Then he adds: "Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying: On the tenth of this month let each take a sheep."
Greek
Οὐ γὰρ πα[ντ]ὶ τῷ λαῷ τοῦτο ὑπὸ τοῦ [θ(εο)ῦ λ]έγεται, ἀλλὰ πρὸς μόν[ους] Μωϋσῆν καὶ Ἀαρών· [οὐ γ]ὰρ γέγραπται· "Καὶ εἶπε[ν ὁ] θ(εὸ)ς πρὸς τὸν λαόν· Ὁ μὴν οὗ[τ]ος ὑμῖν ἀρχὴ μηνῶν, πρῶ[τ]ος ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς μ[ησὶ]ν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ", ἀλλὰ γέγρ[απτ]αι· "Εἶπεν δὲ Κ(ύριο)ς πρ[ὸς Μ]ω[ϋσ]ῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν [ἐν γ]ῇ [Αἰγύ]πτῳ [λ]έγω[ν· Ὁ μὴν οὗτο]ς ὑμῖν ἀρχὴ [μηνῶν, πρ]ῶτός ἐστιν ὑμῖ[ν ἐν τοῖς μησὶν] τοῦ ἐνιαυ[τοῦ]", τότε δ' ἐπιφ]έρει· "[Λάλησον πρὸς πᾶσαν συ]ναγω[γὴν υἱῶν Ἰ(σρα)ὴλ λέγων· Τῇ δεκά]τῃ τ[οῦ μηνὸς] τούτο[υ λ]α[βέτ]ω[σ]α[ν ἕκαστος] πρόβατον".
About this text
Origen on the Passover. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled in.
English follows the Greek as printed in Witte (1993), from the page images. OCR of those pages was checked. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled from another edition. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Witte, Die Schrift des Origenes „Über das Passa“ (1993) (Greek · On Pascha, from the page images)
- Checked print OCR of the Witte page images (Greek · Same print)
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