c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.591

The Wars of the Jews 2.591

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.591

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

591He after that contrived a very shrewd trick, and pretending that the Jews who dwelt in Syria were obliged to make use of oil that was made by others than those of their own nation, he desired leave of Josephus to send oil to their borders;