c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.147

The Wars of the Jews 2.147

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.147

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

147They also avoid spitting in the midst of them, or on the right side. Moreover, they are stricter than any other of the Jews in resting from their labors on the seventh day; for they not only get their food ready the day before, that they may not be obliged to kindle a fire on that day, but they will not remove any vessel out of its place, nor go to stool thereon.