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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 5
In 2 translations
- WEB
- Those things which are suitable for our souls, he has directed us to eat; but those which are not, he has forbidden.
- LXXE
- Those things which are convenient to our souls, he has directed us to eat; but those which are repugnant to them, he has interdicted.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- τὰ μὲν οἰκειωθωσόμενα ἡμῶν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐπέτρεψεν ἐσθίειν, τὰ δὲ ἐναντιωθησόμενα ἐκώλυσεν σαρκοφαγεῖν.