How the Hebrews keep the Passover
He does not say: "On the tenth of the month let them sacrifice a sheep," (Exodus 12:3) but "let them take a sheep." (Exodus 12:6) And this sheep they are commanded to sacrifice on the fourteenth.
Greek
Οὐ λέ[γει]· "Τῇ δεκά]τῃ τ[οῦ μη]νὸς [θυσάτωσαν π]ρόβατο[ν]", ἀλλὰ "[λαβέτωσαν π]ρόβατο[ν]"· τοῦτ[ο δὲ τὸ πρόβατον] τῇ τεσσ[αρεσκαιδεκάτῃ] κελε[ύονται θῦσαι,
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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