Where the Fathers quote Exodus 24
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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1141expounds v.3“εισηλθε δε Μωυσης και διηγησατο τω λαω παντα τα ρηματα του Θεου και τα δικαιωματα· απεκριθη δε πας ο λαος φωνη μια λεγοντες· παντας τους λογους, ους ε”On: «All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient»; «The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit»; and «He cannot»
1Exod 24:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:691…other things which it prefixes b and there came to me men of the elders of israel and sat before my face the word of god touches upon all things and it leaves intact no class…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:397…is said and moses went up and aaron and nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel and they saw the place where the god of israel had stood for which aquila said and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:255B…ch Moses once established when he ascended the mountain by the commandment of the Lord, having heard, "Take with you seventy men, and go up into the mountain" (Exod. xxiv, 1). But he, for the sake of peace among t…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:733…written thus in exodus and moses and aaron and nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel went up and they saw the place where the god of israel stood and under his feet…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:513…he says ascend toward god you and aaron and nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel and they shall worship the lord from afar and moses alone shall draw near to god but…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:515…therefore god of all b commanded moses and aaron nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel to go up into the mountain and he said and they shall worship the lord from afar…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:521…sanctified then and as in types purified and cleansed by blood moses and aaron nadab and abihu and seventy of the elders of israel went up and they saw what was under his feet as the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:631B…straight path by impious detours. "Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, up to this place: They appeared in the place of God, and they ate and drank, etc." [Ex. XXIV, 1-11.] Holy Scripture is accustomed frequent…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1349…to moses ascend to me you and aaron and nadab and abiu and seventy of the elders of israel and they shall worship the lord from afar and moses alone shall approach to god but they…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1037…the chapter already mentioned verse and moses went up and aaron and nadab and abihu and seventy of the elders of israel and verse and of the chosen ones of israel not one dissented although they…
3Exod 24:3
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:163B…xi, 15). But to "hearken" is merely to receive the sound into the ears. Hence the people in Exodus say: "All that God shall say, we will do, and we will hear" (Exod. xxiv, 3). And yet, it would have been more…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1207D…are to be punished more severely on the day of judgment, 555. Exodus xv, the ode "Let us sing to the Lord," is a song for a victory won, 476. Why the people in Exod. xxiv, 3 say, "We will do and we will hear," alt…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:513…reported these things the whole people answered with a loud voice saying all the words which the lord has spoken we will do and we will hear and what after this and moses wrote he says…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:167…people responded with one voice and promised that they would obey all the words of the lord and all these things were written down b moses having received glory from god spoke to the jews for…
Bessarion of Nicaea c. 1403-1472PG 161:523…to no one that the commemoration of divine benefits takes place before the words of the lord and as for what those things are the doctor himself enumerates them therefore they seem to teach most clearly…
OrigenesPG 16:2215…jeremiah chapter xliii h the hebrew to speak to all the people all the words which the lord had sent him to them all these words and all the proud men johanan the son of careah…
OrigenesPG 16:2217…dabar drach h of jeremiah chapter xliii h symmacus all the people all the words which the lord sent to them all these words aquiles speaking another speaking to the people all the words of the…
OrigenesPG 16:2373…and it came to pass when jeremiah had ceased speaking to all the people all the words of the lord their god which the lord their god had sent to them all these words then azariah…
4Exod 24:4
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:303…however these twelve stones were commanded to be inserted into the rational according to the twelve tribes of israel so that each stone should correspond to one tribe we shall come following the previous division c…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1113…he says he built an altar under the mount and twelve stones according to the twelve tribes of israel and he sent the young men of the children of israel and they offered burnt offerings and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:673…is manifest also from the things that follow for they proceed thus and moses wrote all the words of this law into a book and gave it to the priests the sons of levi who carry…
Bessarion of Nicaea c. 1403-1472PG 161:523…to no one that the commemoration of divine benefits takes place before the words of the lord and as for what those things are the doctor himself enumerates them therefore they seem to teach most clearly…
5Exod 24:5
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1113…stones according to the twelve tribes of israel and he sent the young men of the children of israel and they offered burnt offerings and a sacrifice of peace to god calves the discourse i think…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:517…twelve stones for the twelve tribes of israel and he sent the young men of the children of israel and they offered holocausts and they sacrificed calves as a sacrifice of salvation to god the altar…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:439…twelve stones for the twelve tribes of israel and he sent the young men of the children of israel and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings to god even calves and moses taking half…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:441…thy altar o lord after this he says again he sent the young men of the children of israel and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed calves as a peace offering to god now we shall…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:631…to the number of the twelve tribes of israel dismissing then the young men of the children of israel he commanded them to offer burnt offerings and calves as a sacrifice of salvation the altar which…
7Exod 24:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:383B…ived with these words, He entrusted to them the hand-written contract; and they in turn said, “All things whatsoever the Lord says we will do and will hear” (Exod. 24:7). Then, since He saw that one part had…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:377B…roduces two classes: one, those who promised from the beginning, such as the Jews were, who said, “All things that God has spoken we will do and we will hear” (Exod. xxiv, 7); another, those who were not immediate…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:665…taken the book of the testament he read it to the hearing of the people and they said all that the lord has spoken we will do and will obey d having then taken the blood…
8Exod 24:8
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:341D…ponsible for debts; but this is a covenant: it has no punishment, nor does it say: "If this, or if not that." Moses, who sprinkled the blood of the covenant (Ex. 24:8), said this, and God promised eternal l…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:513…and will hear and having taken the blood moses sprinkled it upon the people and said behold the blood of the covenant which the lord has established with you concerning all these words after the sacrifice…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:665…will obey d having then taken the blood moses sprinkled it upon the people and said behold the blood of the testament which the lord has made with you concerning all these words that therefore was…
Arsenius of Mount Athos fl. c. 1150PG 133:265…he sprinkled the book itself and all the people saying this is the blood of the covenant which the lord has commanded to you and he likewise sprinkled the tabernacle and all the instruments of sacred…
9Exod 24:9
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:397…is said and moses went up and aaron and nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel and they saw the place where the god of israel had stood for which aquila said and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:733…written thus in exodus and moses and aaron and nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel went up and they saw the place where the god of israel stood and under his feet…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:513…he says ascend toward god you and aaron and nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel and they shall worship the lord from afar and moses alone shall draw near to god but…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:515…therefore god of all b commanded moses and aaron nadab and abiud and seventy of the elders of israel to go up into the mountain and he said and they shall worship the lord from afar…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:521…being sanctified then and as in types purified and cleansed by blood moses and aaron nadab and abihu and seventy of the elders of israel went up and they saw what was under his feet as…
Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1349…to moses ascend to me you and aaron and nadab and abiu and seventy of the elders of israel and they shall worship the lord from afar and moses alone shall approach to god but they…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1037…the chapter already mentioned verse and moses went up and aaron and nadab and abihu and seventy of the elders of israel and verse and of the chosen ones of israel not one dissented although they…
10Exod 24:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:435…him sit ye he dwelt he cast of the elders of israel and they saw the god of israel and i will give thee tables of stone to teach them his minister wait he dwelt he…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:397…place where the god of israel had stood for which aquila said and they saw the god of israel and symmachus and they saw in a vision the god of israel because of the text no…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:521…went up and they saw what was under his feet as the work of a sapphire stone and as the work of the firmament of heaven for brightness and of the chosen ones of israel not…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:679C…ere the God of Israel had stood: "And there was under His feet as it were a work of sapphire brick, and as the appearance of the heaven's firmament in purity" (Exod. XXIV, 10). For he calls it a "place" where they…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:167…elders ascended and they saw the place where god stood and what was under his feet as it were the work of a sapphire stone and as the appearance of the firmament of heaven for purity…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:687…saw the place where the god of israel had stood and what was under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone by the holy one sanctum they understand heaven itself c d it…
12Exod 24:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:435…the hebrew text vulgate latin aquila h and he placed in basins and i will give thee tables of stone minister of him sit ye he dwelt he cast of the elders of israel and they…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1073…he addresses moses in his own oracle concerning these very things ascend to me into the mount and be there and i will give thee the stone tablets the law and the commandments b according to…
Bernard de Montfaucon 1655-1741PG 43:373B…attern once established by Moses, when he ascended the mountain by the command of the Lord, having heard, "Take with you seventy men, and ascend the mountain" (Exod. xxiv. 12); yet he took six from each tribe, maki…
13Exod 24:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:931…Grabe place with an asterisk. Ibid. Allos, leitourgoi ("Another, ministers"). Thus certain copies. The word [Hebrew omitted] they translate thus: A., S., Th. Exod. xxiv, 13, and Prov. xxix, 12, of which it seems…
15Exod 24:15
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1487…forth from mount choreb and angels were with him and it says moses went up into the mount and saw the tracks where the feet of god had stood and just as all those forty years…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1049A…For, that it would be a keeper of the law, it promised clearly on Mount Horeb, saying thus: "All things that the Lord God has said, we will do and will hear" (Exod. xxiv, 15). It had, therefore, a mind full of leg…
17Exod 24:17
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:305…heavenly realm but the things which were seen by them were likenesses of the glory of the lord and prophecies of things to come it is manifest that the father is indeed invisible of whom the…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1039…seen god properly he added this is the vision of the likeness of the glory of the lord if then neither moses nor elijah d nor ezekiel who saw many things of heavenly matters saw god…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:801…that he saw not the glory of the lord but the likeness of the glory of the lord saying this is the vision of the glory of the lord and it is no wonder if those…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:387…daughter of raguel i did offer the remembrance of your prayer before the sight of the glory of the most high god such therefore was the service of job most abundant c for according to the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1061…the seventh day from the midst of the cloud and the appearance of the glory of the lord was like a burning fire on the top of the mountain c it is clearly evident from these…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:177…of the brightness round about this is the vision of the likeness of the glory of the lord since therefore the hope was not far off that some of the more ignorant would say such things…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:429…added h chapter ii h this is the vision of the likeness of the glory of the lord and he did not say this is the nature of the lord nor the glory of the lord…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1421…after relating the revelation added this is the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the lord ezech i and he said that neither the lord himself was seen nor the glory of the lord…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:167…mountain and the cloud covered him for six days and the appearance of the glory of the lord was like a burning fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the children of…
Nicephorus Gregoras c. 1295–1360PG 149:395…smoked because god descended upon it in fire and again the appearance of the glory of the lord was like fire burning on the top of the mountain before the children of israel and ten thousand…
OrigenesPG 16:2661…the vestibule of the gate b full of glory the lxx full of the glory of the lord symmacus lxx interpreters theodotion prince ailam of the gate al vestibule of the gate full of glory the…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…a this was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the lord and i saw and i fell upon my face and i heard the voice of one speaking cap…
OrigenesPG 16:2701…when the man entered and a cloud filled the inner court and the glory of the lord was lifted up from the cherubim to the threshold of the house and the cloud filled the house and…
18Exod 24:18
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:169C…more recent than paradise, and to such a degree is the dignity of fasting ancient. Moreover, we know that Moses also, through fasting, approached the mountain (Exod. XXIV, 18). For he would not have dared to touch…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1001D…they were keys, open through them an entrance for the truth, having become a sister and a neighbor and a dove and perfect. And there shall be of yours... 31 Exod. XXIV, 18. 32 1 Cor. XIII, 12.…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:23B…se, as he descended, he saw the iniquity of the people, those which with such zeal and assiduity he had been able to receive, he cast them down and broke them (Exod. 24:18; 31:18; 32:19), judging it absurd for a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:761A…if it were placed in darkness. Whence also Moses, when he was about to receive the law, ascended the mountain, as Scripture says, Moses went into the cloud (Exod. 24. 18), showing that the law, which was being…