Exodus 8:26 — text, Greek, lexicon

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Moïse répondit: Il n'est point convenable de faire ainsi; car nous offririons à l'Eternel, notre Dieu, des sacrifices qui sont en abomination aux Egyptiens. Et si nous offrons, sous leurs yeux, des sacrifices qui sont en abomination aux Egyptiens, ne nous lapideront-ils pas?

KJV

And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

Pericope

Exodus 8:16–2813 verses

Patristic reading

Philo Judaeus
De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini
γωγοὺς καὶ πάντα νουθετητὴν καὶ σωφρονιστὴν λόγον. Μωυσῆς δὲ „τὰ βδελύγματα Αἰγύπτου θύσειν τῷ θεῷ“ (Exod. 8, 26) φησί, τὰς ἀρετάς, ἄμωμα καὶ πρεπωδέστατα ἱερεῖα, ἃ βδελύττεται πᾶς ἄφρων. ὥστ’ εἰκότως ὁ τὰ ἄριστα ἐπὶ θεὸν ἀναφέρων Ἄβελ ποιμὴν κέκληται, ὁ δὲ ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν καὶ τὸν ἴδι…
Philo Judaeus
De Fuga Et Inventione
G τῶνδε G: αὐτῶν H ἵνα καὶ τὸ ἑτέρωθι λεχθὲν συνᾴδῃ· „τὰ βδελύγματα Αἰγύπτου θύσομεν κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ“ (Exod. 8,26)· τέλεια γὰρ καὶ ἄμωμα ἱερεῖα αἱ ἀρεταὶ καὶ αἱ κατὰ ἀρετὰς πράξεις, ἃς τὸ φιλοπαθὲς Αἰγύπτιον βδελύττεται σῶμα. καθάπερ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα φυσικῶς τὰ βέβηλα παρ’ Αἰγυπτίοις ἱερ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ese animals, wherefore they used not to offer them in sacrifice to their gods. Hence it is written ( Ex. 8:26 ): "We shall sacrifice the abominations of the Egyptians to the Lord our God." For they worshipped the sheep; they reverenced the ram (because demons appeared under the f…

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