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Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XI · §1

Firstfruits of crops and flocks to the priests

The law orders firstfruits of all crops and flocks to be brought to the priests. What is given to priests is offered to God. No one may lawfully use the fruits until firstfruits are brought.

Latin

Primitias omnium frugum omniumque pecorum sacerdotibus lex iubet offerri. Quod sacerdotibus datur, Deo offertur. Nemo licite fructibus utatur nisi prius Deo primitiae deferantur.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XI on Numbers (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XI. Scheck FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XI §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XI §§1–3)

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