c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.133

The Wars of the Jews 2.133

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.133

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

133which silence thus kept in their house appears to foreigners like some tremendous mystery; the cause of which is that perpetual sobriety they exercise, and the same settled measure of meat and drink that is allotted to them, and that such as is abundantly sufficient for them.