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Headword: Σαββάτου ἔχον ὁδόν
Adler number: sigma,7
Translated headword: a sabbath day's journey
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
It was two thousand cubits;[1] for that is the distance that the ark travelled in procession, and that is how far they who were permitted to worship the tabernacle walked on the sabbath.
Greek Original:
Σαββάτου ἔχον ὁδόν: δισχιλίων πήχεων ἦν: τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἡ κιβωτὸς διάστημα προελάμβανε τὴν παρεμβολήν, καὶ ἀπὸ τοσούτου διαστήματος ἐκίνουν, οἷς ἐξῆν προσκυνεῖν τὴν σκηνὴν ἐν σαββάτῳ βαδίζειν.
Notes:
Acts 1:12 (on the distance between the Mount of Olives and Jerusalem), with comment thereon; cf. Oecumenius, PG 118, 53d.
[1] For the cubit ("distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger": LSJ), approx. 18 inches, see pi 1543.
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Keywords: aetiology; Christianity; daily life; definition; geography; religion
Translated by: Alex Gottesman on 13 November 2002@08:12:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword, translation, note, keywords) on 13 November 2002@10:23:29.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 3 May 2011@07:59:43.
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