Letter 389
Nilus of Ancyra→Democritus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
The laver [the bronze washbasin for ritual cleansing] that stood before Moses had a base; for the cleansing of [...] requires steadfastness, and endurance, and continual standing firm, and an unshakeable manner of life.
Πλουτὴρ ὁ παρὰ τῷ Μωϋσεῖ βάσιν εἶχεν· διότι ἡ τοῦ κάθαρσις χρῄζει ἑδραιότητος, καὶ καρτερίας, καὶ διηνεκοῦς στάσεως, καὶ ἀσαλεύτου διαγωγῆς.
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To the same person.
The laver [the bronze washbasin for ritual cleansing] that stood before Moses had a base; for the cleansing of [...] requires steadfastness, and endurance, and continual standing firm, and an unshakeable manner of life.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Πλουτὴρ ὁ παρὰ τῷ Μωϋσεῖ βάσιν εἶχεν· διότι ἡ τοῦ κάθαρσις χρῄζει ἑδραιότητος, καὶ καρτερίας, καὶ διηνεκοῦς στάσεως, καὶ ἀσαλεύτου διαγωγῆς.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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