c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.148

The Wars of the Jews 2.148

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.148

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

148Nay, on theother days they dig a small pit, a foot deep, with a paddle (which kind of hatchet is given them when they are first admitted among them); and covering themselves round with their garment, that they may not affront the Divine rays of light, they ease themselves into that pit,