Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.
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Louis Segond 1910
Tu prendras auprès de toi sept couples de tous les animaux purs, le mâle et sa femelle; une paire des animaux qui ne sont pas purs, le mâle et sa femelle;
KJV
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.
Philo Judaeus
Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat
ἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, ὅπερ ἦν τὸ ψυχῆς ἀγγεῖον τὸ σῶμα, „ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν ἑπτά, ἄρρεν καὶ θῆλυ“ (Gen. 7, 2), δικαιώσας τὸν ἀστεῖον λογισμὸν χρῆσθαι μέρεσι τοῖς τοῦ ἀλόγου πᾶσι καθαροῖς. καὶ τοῦθ’ ὅπερ ὥρισεν ὁ νομοθέτης ἐξ ἀνάγκης παρακολουθεῖ πᾶσι τοῖς σοφοῖς· ἔχουσι γὰρ κεκ…
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
. 24 vgl. Hebr. 11, 5 — 4 —5 Gen. 521. 25. 29 — 6 ff vgl. Gen. 6, 9 ff — 12 vgl. I Pet. 3, 20 — vgl. Gen. 7, 2 — 16 die Zabl nach Julius Africanus vgl. Georgius Sync. p. 83; dazu ep. ad Job. episc. Hieros. = Hieronymi ep. 51, 6, 7; CSEL 54, 1 S. 407, 20 Hilberg — 23 Kol. 3, 11 vg…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
as stated above (Q[100], 2, A[6], ad 1). But this distinction preceded the Law; for it is written ( Gn. 7:2,3 ): "Of all clean beasts take seven and seven . . . but of the beasts that are unclean, two and two." Therefore the legal ceremonies preceded the Law. On the contrary, It…
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