Κλῆροι

lots, allotted portions

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Oct 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

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[Meaning] the two covenants. The [saying], "If you lie down between the covenants;" it [means] to apply oneself continually to them.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κλῆροι· αἱ δύο διαθῆκαι. τὸ δέ, ἐὰν κοιμηθῆτε ἀναμέσον τῶν κλήρων· τὸ διηνεκῶς αὐταῖς προσεδρεύειν.

Betacode

*klh=roi: ai( du/o diaqh=kai. to\ de/, e)a\n koimhqh=te a)name/son tw=n klh/rwn: to\ dihnekw=s au)tai=s prosedreu/ein.

1Theodoret (PG 80,1385a) on Psalm 67:14 LXX. Theodoret apparently interprets this passage as a prophetic reference to the Old and New Testaments (cf. generally delta 563); translators take it as referring to sheepfolds (or hearthstones or panniers). ↩

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