בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִֽהְיֶ֤ה מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וּמַצֵּבָ֥ה אֵֽצֶל־גְּבוּלָ֖הּ לַֽיהוָֽה׃
En aquel tiempo habrá altar para SEÑOR en medio de la tierra de Egipto, y el trofeo de SEÑOR junto á su término.
Jerusalem Talmud Yoma
66Chapter 5, Note 77. Simeon the Just served Israel as High Priest for forty years, and in the last year he told them, in this year I am going to die. 67A different version in the Babli, Menaḥot 109b. Josephus dates the building of the Onias Temple three generations later. They asked him, whom shall we appoint in your stead? He told them, there is my son Onias before you. They went and appointed Onias. His brother [Simon]68Name added by the corrector, consistent with quote later of R. Jehudah’s statement. In the Babli, the name is Simei, a more likely name for a son of Simeon. was jealous of him, he went and dressed him in an undershirt69Cf. Šabbat 16, Note 111. The spelling in the Hebrew text here is the corrector’s following the Babli, erasing the Yerushalmi spelling retained later in the parallel statement of R. Jehudah. and girded him with a belt70The word in parentheses is the scribe’s Yerushalmi spelling, the words in brackets the corrector’s from the Babli. The form צוצל should be recognized by the dictionaries as Yerushalmi spelling.. He told them, look what this one vowed to his sweetheart: when I shall serve as High Priest I shall wear your undershirt and gird myself with your belt71Since the garments to be worn in Temple service are prescribed in Ex. 25, this plot presupposes an extremely ignorant High Priest.. They investigated and did not find [him]72Corrector’s addition, probably incorrect. The investigation showed that the charges were unfounded, not that Onias was not to be found.. It is said, he fled to King’s Mountain, from there he fled to Alexandria, based himself there and built there an altar, over which he recited this verse73Is. 16:16., on that day there will be an altar for the Eternal inside the Land of Egypt. Is that not an argument de minore ad majus? See how this one who fled from prominence went to seek it at the end74Onias preferred not to become High Priest rather than become an object of an investigation. Nevertheless he became a kind of High Priest in Egypt., if one attained it and lost it not so much more? It was stated, these are the words of Rebbi Meïr. Rebbi Jehudah said, it was not so but they appointed Simeon; his brother Onias was jealous of him, he went and dressed him in an undershirt and girded him with a belt. He told them, look what this one vowed to his sweetheart etc., as before75Aramaic note of the scribe; the text of the previous baraita has to be inserted here. Is that not an argument de minore ad majus? See how this one who never attained prominence forced Israel to foreign worship76In the Babli Menahot 109b there is a discussion whether the illegitimate Onias Temple is classified as idolatry or not., if one attained it and lost it not so much more?