מי יורש קנייני אלוה ל״טWho is the Heir of Divine Things 39
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1[189] With reason then will Moses say, “He that is rich shall not add, and he that is poor shall not diminish, from the half of the didrachmon” (Ex. 30:15). That half, as I said, is both a drachma and a unit, to which every number might well address the words of the poet,
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2With thee I’ll cease, with thee I will begin.
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3[190] For the whole series of numbers to infinity multiplied by infinity ends when resolved in the unit and begins with the unit when arranged in an unlimited series. And therefore those who study such questions declare that the unit is not a number at all, but the element and source from which number springs.
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4[191] Further, the heavenly food of the soul, wisdom, which Moses calls “manna,” is distributed to all who will use it in equal portions by the divine Word, careful above all things to maintain equality. Moses testifies to this in the words, “He that had much, had not too much, and he that had less did not lack” (Ex. 16:18), when they measured by the admirable and precious standard of proportion. And through this we come to understand how when each collected in his own store for his “belongings,” these belongings are not human beings so much as thoughts and dispositions. For what fell to each was of set purpose so allotted, that there was neither short-coming nor superabundance.
