On Pascha · §1.51

How the Hebrews keep the Passover

He does not say: "On the tenth of the month let them sacrifice a sheep," but "let them take a sheep." And this sheep they are commanded to sacrifice on the fourteenth.

Greek

Οὐ λέ[γει]· "Τῇ δεκά]τῃ τ[οῦ μη]νὸς [θυσάτωσαν π]ρόβατο[ν]", ἀλλὰ "[λαβέτωσαν π]ρόβατο[ν]"· τοῦτ[ο δὲ τὸ πρόβατον] τῇ τεσσ[αρεσκαιδεκάτῃ] κελε[ύονται θῦσαι,