c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.227

The Wars of the Jews 5.227

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.227

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

227Moreover, those that had the gonorrhea and the leprosy were excluded out of the city entirely; women also, when their courses were upon them, were shut out of the temple; nor when they were free from that impurity, were they allowed to go beyond the limit before-mentioned; men also, that were not thoroughly pure, were prohibited to come into the inner [court of the] temple; nay, the priests themselves that were not pure were prohibited to come into it also.