When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Lorsque tu compteras les enfants d'Israël pour en faire le dénombrement, chacun d'eux paiera à l'Eternel le rachat de sa personne, afin qu'ils ne soient frappés d'aucune plaie lors de ce dénombrement.
KJV
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them.
Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
εμήθη τὸ ἅγιον, ἵνα τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ, τὴν δραχμήν, καθιερῶμεν λύτρα τῆς ἑαυτῶν ψυχῆς κατατιθέντες (Exod. 30, 12. 13), ἣν ὁ μόνος ἀψευδῶς ἐλεύθερος καὶ ἐλευθεροποιὸς θεὸς ὠμῆς καὶ πικρᾶς παθῶν καὶ ἀδικημάτων δεσποτείας ἱκετευθείς, ἔστι δ’ ὅτε καὶ χωρὶς ἱκεσίας, ἀνὰ κράτος ἐκλύει…
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
ψυχῆς F (v) 15 ἔδοξεν] ἔτυχεν Arm ἁμαρτάνειν F 16 ἔπεισαν ζηλοῦν] ἐζήλουν Arm 18. 19 κτείναντες ΑΗ 1 Exod. 30,12—16 8—11 N fol. 156r: καὶ χρόνοις—ἐλπίδες. 14 sqq. Exod. cap. 32. Νόμοι δὲ ἱερέων εἰσὶν οἵδε. παντελῆ καὶ ὁλόκληρον εἶναι τὸν ἱερέα προστέτακται, μηδεμίαν ἐν τῷ σώματι…
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