c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.22

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.22

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.22

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

22They also appoint certain stewards to receive the incomes of their revenues, and of the fruits of the ground; such as are good men and priests, who are to get their corn and their food ready for them. They none of them differ from others of the Essenes in their way of living, but do the most resemble those Dacae who are called Polistae [dwellers in cities].