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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia VII · §1

Aaron must not drink wine when entering

They shall not drink wine or strong drink when they enter the tent. This age’s drunkenness blocks vision. Be sober.

Latin

Vinum et siceram non bibant cum intrant tabernaculum. Ebrietas saeculi impedit visionem. Sobrii estote.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia VII on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–7.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VII. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VII §§1–7 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia VII §§1–7)

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