וַיְהִ֡י כִּ֣י הִקִּיפֽוּ֩ יְמֵ֨י הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֜ה וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח אִיּ֣וֹב וַֽיְקַדְּשֵׁ֗ם וְהִשְׁכִּ֣ים בַּבֹּקֶר֮ וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה עֹלוֹת֮ מִסְפַּ֣ר כֻּלָּם֒ כִּ֚י אָמַ֣ר אִיּ֔וֹב אוּלַי֙ חָטְא֣וּ בָנַ֔י וּבֵרֲכ֥וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בִּלְבָבָ֑ם כָּ֛כָה יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אִיּ֖וֹב כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ (פ)
E sucedia que, tendo decorrido o turno de dias de seus banquetes, enviava Jó e os santificava; e, levantando-se de madrugada, oferecia holocaustos segundo o número de todos eles; pois dizia Jó: Talvez meus filhos tenham pecado, e blasfemado de Deus no seu coração. Assim o fazia Jó continuamente.
Jerusalem Talmud Shevuot
203In slightly different formulation in Yoma. In Lev. rabba 7(3) the paragraph is reproduced and the doctrine is attributed to R. Simeon ben Ioḥai. The elevation offering atones for thoughts. What is the reason? What rises in your spirits will not be204Ez. 20:32.. Rebbi Levi said, the elevation offering atones for your spirits205This is an untranslatable pun. The verbal noun הָעוֹלָה “that which rises” (scil. “your thoughts”, f.) is identified with the homonym הָעוֹלָה “the elevation offering”.. And so in Job he says, maybe my children sinned and cursed God in their hearts206Babli 13a, Yoma 85b, Keritut 7a. The parallel in Yoma (45b l. 63 ff.) at the end reports the opposite of the tradition here.. This implies that the elevation offering atones for thoughts.