Exodus 12:4–5
And if they are very few in the house, so as not to be enough for a sheep, he shall take with himself his neighbor who is near. According to the number of souls each shall count with him what is sufficient for him toward a sheep. A sheep perfect, male, a yearling, it shall be for you. From the lambs and the kids you shall take. [...] (Exodus 12:4–5).
Greek
[Ἐὰν δὲ ὀλίγιστοι ὦσιν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ὥστε μὴ εἶναι ἱκανοὺς εἰς πρόβατον, συλλήψεται μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ τὸν γείτονα τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ. Κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ψυχῶν ἕκαστος τὸ ἀρκοῦν αὐτῷ συναριθμήσεται εἰς πρόβατον. Πρόβατον τέλειον ἄρσεν ἐνιαύσιον ἔσται ὑμῖν. Ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐρίφων λήψεσθε.] ...
About this text
Origen on the Passover. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled in.
English follows the Greek as printed in Witte (1993), from the page images. OCR of those pages was checked. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled from another edition. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Witte, Die Schrift des Origenes „Über das Passa“ (1993) (Greek · On Pascha, from the page images)
- Checked print OCR of the Witte page images (Greek · Same print)
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