Where the Fathers quote Deuteronomy 16
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1Deut 16:1
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…says therefore observe the month of new fruits and thou shalt keep the passover unto the lord thy god sheep and oxen in the place which the lord thy god shall choose to place his name…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1383C…ed that we should arrive at this assembly. That same God, who brought Israel out of Egypt, likewise invites us to the solemnity. He said by the mouth of Moses (Deut. xvi, 1): "Observe the month of new fruits (49)…
Theophilus of Alexandria d. 412PG 65:47…h it must be celebrated and commands that the day be observed with the greatest accuracy. For it is the voice of God, proposed in that same law [Exod. xii, 13; Deut. xvi, 1]: “Observe the month of new fruits,…
2Deut 16:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…says therefore observe the month of new fruits and thou shalt keep the passover unto the lord thy god sheep and oxen in the place which the lord thy god shall choose to place his name…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:879…able to carry them because the place which the lord your god shall choose to place his name there is d far from you and he shall bless you…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:881…and you shall go to the place which the lord your god shall choose to place his name there and a you shall give the money for whatever your soul desires for oxen or for sheep…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:373B…which were offered in the Temple on the first day of Unleavened Bread. For Moses indeed named those sacrifices the Passover, just as he did the paschal lamb, Deut. xvi, 2, where it is written: "You shall sacrif…
3Deut 16:3
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1165…before i fashioned thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee and appointed thee a prophet among the nations but paul also likewise says but…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1015…before i formed thee in the belly i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee are isaiah and jeremiah in hades and all the prophets in hades these things…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:897…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee otherwise he says there would be respect of persons and injustice before god which…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:525…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee the apostle also declares this saying as he chose us in him before the…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:949…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee and to nathanael before that philip called thee when thou wast under the fig…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:359D…ed bread— ⟦index: entries preserved⟧ Epiphanius, as we shall see later. But among them, they used to eat for seven whole days with unleavened bread, Deut. xvi, 3. Yet those signify sorrow and sadness.…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1085…with haste that you may remember the day of your departure from the land of egypt all the days of your life there shall not be leaven seen with you in all your borders for seven…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:25…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee and made thee a prophet unto the nations how then he says are they…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:717D…those who lived at the time of it, and those who lived after. For even before the coming, according to the Law of Moses, the Sabbath rest was honored in weeks (Deut. xvi, 3), and it was still the time of the shad…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1005…before i formed thee in the belly i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee others also are indeed sanctified even if they do not know god by nature…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1297…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee and to pharaoh for this same cause have i raised thee up to show…
John Maxentius fl. 519-533PG 86:125…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee n christ is not equal to those sanctified in the womb because while they…
Theodore Abu Qurrah c. 755-830PG 97:1589…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee christ god fashioned the seminal animate power for every man from the womb and…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:659…as before in the divine jeremiah to whom it was said before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee and i anointed thee before thou wast formed in israel vii now when this…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:725…before i formed thee in the womb i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee hence also the apostle paul whom he foreknew he also predestined rom he did…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:757…says to jeremiah before i formed thee i knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee jer i he who in forming humans touches them and is not ashamed would…
5Deut 16:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:875D…speaking even about the Pascha that was theirs, it says: "You will not be able to celebrate the Pascha in any of the cities which the Lord your God gives you" (Deut. 16:5-6). But just as on the fourteenth day of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:335…t passage: "You shall not be able to offer the Passover in that city which the Lord your God gives you, but in the place which the Lord your God shall choose" (Deut. 16:5). Concerning the weeks, concerning the…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1117…l not let you go, unless (ean me) you bless me," which others say, "but you bless me." For it is so in the Hebrew, and thus the Hellenists speak. Deuteronomy xvi, 5: "You shall not be able to sacrifice the Passover in any on…
6Deut 16:6
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…the lord thy god sheep and oxen in the place which the lord thy god shall choose to place his name there again he reminds them saying thou shall not be able to sacrifice the passover…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:879…not able to carry them because the place which the lord your god shall choose to place his name there is d far from you and he shall bless you…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:881…hands and you shall go to the place which the lord your god shall choose to place his name there and a you shall give the money for whatever your soul desires for oxen or for…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1127C…N CCXCV [Coisl. Taur. CVII]. Why was the lamb sacrificed toward evening? Edita a Maio (l. c. p. 149, q. 305). — De sacrificio agni vespertino. Exod. XII, 6; Deuter. XVI, 6. The lamb was sacrificed toward evenin…
7Deut 16:7
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…a to that very place which the lord thy god shall choose and thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul may desire for oxen or for sheep or for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:879…but only in the presence of the lord your god shall you eat it in the place which the lord your god shall choose for him you and your son and your daughter and your manservant…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1085…you went out from egypt and you shall boil and roast it and eat it in the place which the lord your god shall choose c for while the country of the jews was filled with…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:1341…egypt and you shall boil and you shall roast and you shall eat it in the place which the lord your god shall choose and you shall turn in the morning and go home to your…
8Deut 16:8
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:1341…the morning and go home to your house six days you shall eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day shall be an exit feast to the lord your god you shall perform no work therein…
9Deut 16:9
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…says seven complete weeks shalt thou count unto thyself from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn and thou shalt keep the festival of weeks unto the lord thy god according to…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:697B…e kingdom of the heavens. For Moses says: Ex quo falcem in messem miseris, numerabis tibi septem hebdomadas, novosque panes ex nova messe propones ante Deum (Deut. xvi, 9).…
10Deut 16:10
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…put the sickle to the corn and thou shalt keep the festival of weeks unto the lord thy god according to what thy hand can do as much as thou shalt give according to how the…
11Deut 16:11
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…thy calf and thou shalt not shear the firstborn of thy sheep before the lord thy god thou shalt eat it year by year in the place which the lord thy god shall choose thou and…
OrigenesPG 16:211…are exhibited in Coislin. 2. () V. 11. "Another, and his knowers." In the notes to the Roman edition and in Drusius. Thus Aquila translates, Lev. xx, 6; Symm. Deut. xvi, 11; A. Th. Prov. vii, 4. Although Theodore…
12Deut 16:12
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1133…arrogant nor indeed could that solemn formula which is so often repeated and thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of egypt have slipped from their minds as they could not deny…
14Deut 16:14
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:33…blessed thee and thou shalt rejoice before the lord thy god thou and thy son and thy daughter thy manservant and thy maidservant and the levite that is in thy cities and the stranger and the…
15Deut 16:15
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:31…of your hands but thou shalt eat them before the lord thy god in the place which the lord thy god shall choose for himself thou and thy sons and thy daughter thy manservant and thy…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1239B…of your land shall be holy to the Lord.” Deut. xii, 19. — “Take heed to yourself, that you do not forsake the Levite so long as you live upon the earth.” Deut. xvi, 15. — “You shall not appear before the Lo…
16Deut 16:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:479A…male, mindful of the acceptable year of the Lord, and keeping that commandment: Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord God. (Deut. xvi, 16). We must, however, diligently understa…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:843…confidently and the first fruits elevation in your cities in your cities in the place which he shall choose all the time you reside and you shall say the place if it is far beware for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:451A…of God. God says, "Three seasons of the year shall you celebrate unto me: the feast of Unleavened Bread, the feast of Pentecost, and the feast of Tabernacles" (Deut. 16:16). Three seasons. Behold signs, and seas…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:605…ibute for the seven days, and to deposit it, and so to give alms, even if small, even if great. For thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord (Exod. 23:15; Deut. 16:16). These things were said to the Jews; h…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1239…levite so long as you live upon the earth deut xvi you shall not appear before the lord your god empty every man according to the strength of his hands according to the blessing of the…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1179…, v. 1, q. CCCXXI. XVII, v. 21, q. XXX. XXII, v. 21, q. XXXVII. XXV, v. 6, q. XLII. XXXII, v. 8, q. LIX. — v. 6, 9, 11, q. XXX. — v. 4, ibid. — Deut. XVI, v. 16, q. XVIII. — Deut. XXXI, 16, 17, q. CXLIX, c. 9. Josue, c…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1191…ktēnotrophōn (in tents of cattle-breeders). In the Chaldean, the traces of the Greek word are expressed. Moreover, mention of such a tent is made in Deuteronomy 16:16 and elsewhere, where you find this feast. Such a tent amo…
17Deut 16:17
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:695…meat with all your desire according to the desire of your soul according to the blessing of the lord your god which he has given you in every city the unclean among you and the clean…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1239…your god empty every man according to the strength of his hands according to the blessing of the lord your god which he has given you d prov iii honor the lord with your just labors…
18Deut 16:18
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:575…your cities which the lord your god is giving you by your tribes and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment they shall not pervert justice nor show partiality nor take bribes for a bribe…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:189B…turn aside judgment, they shall not respect persons, and they shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and remove the words of the just” (Deut. xvi, 18, 19). Therefore, there are three shephe…
19Deut 16:19
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:609…the wicked you shall not accept gifts against a soul for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the words of the just and in other places he says remove the evil from among…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:699…just you shall not take bribes to smite a soul for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the words of the just and again those who justify the wicked for the sake of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:359…has turned things upside down and corrupted justice for gifts he says blind the eyes of the wise and as a muzzle on the mouth turns away rebukes this makes slaves instead of free men about…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:603A…by avarice. For nothing so blinds the soul as money. Therefore Moses says: For gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the just (Exod. 23:8; Deut. 16:19). The chief of the publicans came, and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:219B…d many other things like these. From histories, you have Gehazi, Judas, the rulers of the Scribes, and that "Gifts blind the eyes of the wise" (Exod. XXIII, 8; Deut. XVI, 19). Is another man proud? Let him hea…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:137…those things even enslave one for presents and gifts it is said blind the eyes of the wise and as a muzzle on the mouth turn aside reproofs eccli xx consider how that poor man peter…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:355…those things actually reduce one to slavery gifts it says and offerings blind the eyes of the wise and like a mute in the mouth they turn away their reproofs consider how much the poor man…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:691…or weakened in christ see nothing for gifts according to the scripture blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the words of the just those who indeed adulterate justice are found to be injurious to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:991…him who receives gifts into his bosom shall not prosper for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and pervert just words which exists in the holy scriptures for what pray is the noble thing that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:189…shall not respect persons and they shall not receive gifts for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and remove the words of the just deut xvi therefore there are three shepherds priests judges and those…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1459…away the righteousness of the righteous and another says presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise and…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1653…they shall not respect persons neither shall they take gifts for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and overturn the words of the just and the just shall pursue what is just and jeremiah execute…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1717A…d to respect a person in judgment, according to Scripture. "And do not accept a person against your soul, nor be ashamed to your own falling." ⟦Prov. xviii, 5; Deut. xvi, 19⟧ And the righteous Job says, "Now, havi…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:629…a to corrupt the soul for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and mar just words if therefore you judge without respect of persons you will recognize the one who…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:551…yourself to be corrupted by gifts in order to kill for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and obstruct righteous words d if therefore you conduct judgments impartially you will discover the one who has…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:825C…le I am looking, the judge has taken bribes and has transgressed the law which says: "Thou shalt not respect persons in judgement, for the judgement is God's" (Deut. XVI, 19). Therefore the law is dispersed, and…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1041…a gifts and offerings blind the eyes of the wise and as a muzzle in the mouth they turn away reproofs there is one who destroys his own…
20Deut 16:20
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:37…t—all these things his many letters describe truly and accurately." Nothing of these survives today. 12. In some manuscripts of the Greek Fathers on Deuteronomy 16:20, a fragment is brought forth from the letter "to the presby…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1259…harshly by Ambrose to interpret the Scriptures, and more than is fitting. Suidas presents the same, excerpted from Cedrenus. The ancient catenae on Deuteronomy xvi. 20 offer a portion of a letter of Origen to the presbyters…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1387…nd for the native.” Numbers 35:31 — “You shall not take a redemption for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; you shall put him to death.” Deuteronomy 16:20 — “That which is just, you shall pursue.” Deuteronomy 1:17,…
21Deut 16:21
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:949…from others and especially from that of the deuteronomy lit repeated law thou shalt not plant thee a grove thou shalt not set thee up any tree by the altar of the lord thy god where…