וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃
I nawiążesz je jako znak na rękę twoję, i niechaj będą przepaską między oczyma twojemi.
On the Special Laws
§ 137. Shaking before the eyes. Though Philo does not actually use σαλευτά nor get nearer to it than σάλον δʼ ἐχέτω below, there can be no doubt that this is what he read. It is equally clear that it is a misreading, and his explanation is fantastical. But the mistake is not confined to him. The Apparatus Criticus in Brook and Maclean’s edition of the LXX shows that one MS. has σαλευτόν in Deut. 11:18, though not apparently in 6:8, and that the Old Latin version had “mobilia.” This is also supported by a treatise of Origen, which only survives in the Latin. The reference to this is not given. Otherwise it would be interesting to see whether Origen owed the idea to Philo and gave it further currency.