c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.229

The Wars of the Jews 5.229

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.229

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

229but then those priests that were without any blemish upon them went up to the altar clothed in fine linen. They abstained chiefly from wine, out of this fear, lest otherwise they should transgress some rules of their ministration.