The fourth commandment has reference to the sacred seventh day, that it may be passed in a sacred and holy

manner. Now some states keep the holy festival only once in the month, counting from the new moon, as a day sacred to God; but the nation of the Jews keep every seventh day regularly, after each interval of six days; and there is an account of events recorded in the history of the creation of the world, comprising a sufficient relation of the cause of this ordinance; for the sacred historian says, that the world was created in six days, and that on the seventh day God desisted from his works, and began to contemplate what he had so beautifully created; therefore, he commanded the beings also who were destined to live in this state, to imitate God in this particular also,

The works of Philo , Capitulo XX, vers. 99

Traduo :

O quarto mandamento se refere ao stimo dia sagrado, que pode ser passado de uma forma sagrada e santa. Agora alguns esto mantendo o festival sagrado apenas uma vez no ms, contado a partir da lua nova, como um dia sagrado para Hashem, mas a nao dos judeus mantem cada stimo dia regularmente, aps cada intervalo de seis dias, e no h uma conta dos eventos gravados na histria da criao do mundo, compreendendo uma relao suficiente de causa desta ordenana, porque o historiador Sagrado diz que o mundo foi criado em seis dias, e que no stimo dia Hashem desistiu de suas obras , e comeou a contemplar o que ele tinha to belamente criado, portanto, ele comandou os seres tambm que foram destinados a viver neste estado, para imitar Deus, neste particular, tambm,

Now there are ten festivals in number, as the law sets them down. The first is that which any one will perhaps be astonished to hear called a festival. This festival is every day. The second festival is the seventh day, which the Hebrews in their native language call the sabbath. The third is that which comes after the conjunction, which happens on the day of the new moon in each month. The fourth is that of the passover which is called the passover. The fifth is the first fruits of the corn the sacred sheaf. The sixth is the feast of unleavened bread, after which that festival is celebrated, which is really The seventh day of seventh days. The eighth is the festival of the sacred moon, or the feast of trumpets. The ninth is the fast. The tenth is the feast of tabernacles, which is the last of all the annual festivals, ending so as to make the perfect number of ten. We must now begin with the first festival.

Traduo:

Agora h dez festivais em nmero, como a lei define-los para baixo. O primeiro que qualquer um ser talvez espantado ao ouvir chamado de festival. Este festival todos os dias. O segundo festival o stimo dia, que os hebreus na sua lngua nativa chamares ao sbado. O terceiro o que vem depois da conjuno, o que acontece no dia da lua nova em cada ms.

O quarto o da Pscoa que se chama a pscoa. O quinto o primeiro fruto do milho o molho sagrado. A sexta a festa dos pes zimos, aps o que essa festa celebrada, o que realmente O stimo dia de stimo dia. O oitavo o festival da lua sagrada, ou a festa das trombetas. O nono o jejum. O dcimo a festa dos tabernculos, que o ltimo de todos os festivais anuais, terminando de modo a tornar o nmero perfeito de dez. Devemos agora comear com o primeiro festival.

The works of Philo , Capitulo XI, vers. 41

Following the order which we have adopted, we proceed to speak of the third festival, that of the new moon. First of all, because it is the beginning of the month, and the beginning, whether of number or of time, is honourable. Secondly, because at this time there is nothing in the whole of heaven destitute of light. Thirdly, because at that period the more powerful and important body gives a portion of necessary assistance to the less important and weaker body; for, at the time of the new moon, the sun begins to illuminate the moon with a light which is visible to the outward senses, and then she displays her own beauty to the beholders.

Traduo:

Seguindo a ordem, que ns adotamos, passamos a falar do terceiro festival, o da lua nova. Em primeiro lugar, porque o incio do ms, e o incio, seja de nmero ou de tempo, honroso. Em segundo lugar, porque neste momento no h nada em todo o cu destitudo de luz. Em terceiro lugar, porque naquele perodo o organismo mais poderoso e importante d uma poro de assistncia necessria para o corpo mais fraco e menos importantes, pois, no momento da lua nova, o sol comea a iluminar a lua com uma luz que visvel para os sentidos para fora, e ento ela exibe sua prpria beleza ao observadores.

The works of Philo , Capitulo XXVI, vers. 140