c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.19

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.19

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.19

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

19and when they send what they have dedicated to God into the temple, they do not offer sacrifices because they have more pure lustrations of their own; on which account they are excluded from the common court of the temple, but offer their sacrifices themselves; yet is their course of life better than that of other men; and they entirely addict themselves to husbandry.