Where the Fathers quote Exodus 28
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3Exod 28:3
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:715C…rcise. Again, it is written explicitly in the name of the Lord: “And do you speak to all the wise in mind, whom I have filled with the spirit of perception” (Exod. XXVIII, 3). Those who are wise in mind do indeed…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1097…found in any manuscripts of Holy Scripture, whether Latin or Greek or others. Nevertheless, these are held in the very same words in the Septuagint, Exodus xxviii, 3, except that for πνεῦμα αἰσθήσεως, we read among them πνεύμ…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:731…for observe how it says that the craftsmen of the garments were filled with the spirit of wisdom that is given by god leading them to the creation of blooming variegated work and inscribing the glory…
4Exod 28:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:35…be demonstrated; for it is argued from the fragments themselves of the Samaritan edition that they were taken from some Greek translation: indeed, in Exodus XXVIII, 4, and Leviticus VIII, 9, the Hebrew word mitznefet, mitra,…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1367…, "and fimbria" [fringe], who understand it as kosymbotos or "fringed garments." St. Augustine Quaest. 114, testifies that some in Latin rendered Exodus xxviii, 4, kosymbotón, "tunic with horns," which they thought more…
5Exod 28:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:497…c the hebrew and everyone with whom was found blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats' hair and red skins of rams and tachash skins brought them greek and they came both…
8Exod 28:8
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1367…lly distinguished with gold." And yet not tēn skēnēn, or tò epíspastron, "tent," but tò katapétasma, "veil," with the superhumeral, about which Exodus xxviii, 8: Kaì tò ýphasma tôn epōmídōn éstai ek chrysíou katharoû ka…
11Exod 28:11
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:333…eleazar the priest the firstfruits of the lord and from the half of the children of israel thou shalt take one out of fifty from the men and from the oxen and from the sheep and…
12Exod 28:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:461…you shall give upon the two clasps and you shall give them upon the shoulders of the ephod upon the front of his face and you shall put the two clasps upon both shoulders of the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:733…with the names of the sons of israel and you shall place the two stones upon the shoulders of the superhumerale the stones are a memorial for the sons of israel palladius deep as it seems…
13Exod 28:13
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1367…ectured should be read, not pórtas [doors]; Margunius, the Greek bishop: for thus this author calls them, which the Scripture calls aspidískas in Exodus xxviii, 13, aspídas, kaì poiḗseis aspidískas ek chrysíou katharoû. S…
14Exod 28:14
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:89…hacked off'." Two also equally diverse readings of Symmachus are brought forth for Isaiah XLVII, 2; Hosea XI, 11; Psalm CIX, 1. And in the Appendix, Exodus XXVIII, 14, interpretations of Symmachus are brought forth. See also,…
17Exod 28:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:479A…d. There were twelve stones upon the priest’s breast: sardius, topaz, emerald, carbuncle, sapphire, jasper, ligurius, agate, amethyst, chrysolite, beryl, onyx (Exod. XXVIII, 17-20). Out of these twelve stones, the prasi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:99A…ndeed Scripture accepts hands and shoulders for actions, as when it speaks of David: And he conducted them in the understanding of his hands (Ps. LXXVII, 72; Exod. XXVIII, 17). There were also in the rational place…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1093D…on. Through this archetype, He was teaching the people reverence, as is apparent from these words: “Thou shalt engrave,” He says, “the holy thing of the Lord” (Exod. XXVIII, 17). God also commanded that the high pr…
21Exod 28:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:513…gold in their gold b and the stones were from the names of the children of israel twelve according to their names engraved as on seals each according to his name for the twelve tribes and…
23Exod 28:23
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:455…a stone and emerald chrysolite chains work of complication and you shall make upon the breastplate two rings of gold and you shall put the two rings upon the two ends of the breastplate h vulgate…
26Exod 28:26
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:455…breastplate two rings of gold and you shall put the two rings upon the two ends of the breastplate h vulgate latin h two borders twice dyed onyx stones engrave them with the names of the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:459…face and you shall make two golden rings and you shall place them upon the two ends of the breastplate upon the edge the hebrew text and you shall give two cords of gold upon the…
28Exod 28:28
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:465…of the superhumeral another agreeably another of workmanship another of a belt and they shall bind the breastplate from its ring to the ring of the superhumeral with a thread of hyacinth so that it may…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1031A…are to be subtracted. Limou plēgēn: see plēgē. Lichanō dactylō, III, 1282, index. Logadas syneilegmenous, II, 366, chosen. Logeion, the LXX have it, Exod. XXVIII, 28, 29, 30. Our logion. Logētheisa hist…
29Exod 28:29
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:343…to the interpreter of sacred things moses when you take the sum of the children of israel in their census they shall each give a ransom for their soul to the lord and there shall be…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:733…stone and he himself declared to us the reason for this saying and aaron shall bear the names of the sons of israel before the lord upon his two shoulders as a memorial for them palladius…
30Exod 28:30
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:579…s accustomed to translate ephod [as] ephenduma, here translates it as enduma. V. 8. Thus the two Royal [codices] and the Roman edition. But in Exodus XXVIII, 30, for the same Hebrew words, the others have photismous an…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:741…upon the breast of aaron when he enters into the holy place before the lord and aaron shall bear the judgments of the sons of israel upon his breast before the lord continually he calls them…
31Exod 28:31
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:653…the arms teach that the contemplative life depends upon the practical h and thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of hyacinth etc h he calls it inner because it is closer to the…
32Exod 28:32
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:679…and splendor in its circuit then shining fire and in the midst of it as it were the vision of electrum h god takes away evils from us in two ways by spirit and by fire…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1175D…t as for both garments it was common that they were woven, so it was said concerning the megil ephod: Let it not be rent. And this was among its marks. For Exod. xxviii, 32, it is read: "A lip on its orifice arou…
35Exod 28:35
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:741…it shall be upon the breast of aaron when he enters into the holy place before the lord and aaron shall bear the judgments of the sons of israel upon his breast before the lord continually…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:743…aaron ministers his voice shall be heard b as he enters into the holy place before the lord and as he goes out that he may not die he clearly calls it an under tunic and…
36Exod 28:36
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1369…by the name of a covering. Gregory wrote, to petalōn [the plate], a plate placed on the forehead, concerning which these things are commanded in Exodus xxviii, 36: Kai poiēseis petalon chrysun katharon, kai estai epi tu m…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:99A…e power which he himself had over the people, and that by which he was carried as subject to God. e. The golden plate, on which the name of God was inscribed (Exod. XXVIII, 36), was on the breast, bearing the type o…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:745C…whatever the sons of Israel may sanctify, of all their holy gifts. And it shall be upon the forehead of Aaron always, acceptable for them before the Lord" (Exod. XXVIII, 36-38). The mitre, then, is of blue, but the…
37Exod 28:37
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1369…already noted: hē te autēs kephalēs tainia hyakinthinē pasa, "And the entire head-band, which was wholly hyacinthine": concerning which, of course, Exodus xxviii, 37 speaks, in the LXX: Kai poiēseis auto epi hyakinthu keklōs…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1377…ta. The interpreter, and the tiara with the plate upon it. But the hyacinthine vitta (ribbon) must be distinguished from the tiara, for we read in Exodus 28:37, concerning the command for the golden plate: Ligabisque e…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:745…engrave on it an engraving of a seal holiness to the lord and thou shalt put it on a twisted blue ribbon and it shall be upon the mitre it shall be before the face of…
38Exod 28:38
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:745…of the holy things whatever the sons of israel may sanctify of all their holy gifts and it shall be c upon the forehead of aaron always acceptable for them before the lord exod xxviii the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:747A…his feet. And when he added: "And Aaron shall bear the sins of the holy things, whatever the holy ones may sanctify, even all the gifts of their holy things" (Exod. XXVIII, 38), he clearly demonstrated that all acce…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:747A…ior is immovable and perpetual, and extending into endless ages, he says concerning the plate of the miter: "And it shall be on the forehead of Aaron forever" (Exod. XXVIII, 38). Whither, then, will the bold and insa…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:839…offering and the right shoulder it shall be yours all the offerings of the holy things which the children of israel offer to the lord i have given to you and to your sons and to…
39Exod 28:39
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1367…from the Greek: furthermore Hieronymus epist. 128 translates subuculam, and thus calls it a "tunic of hyacinth": mention of kosýmiōn is made in Exodus xxviii, 39, kaì kósymbos chitōn ek býssou, "and a nodi tunic of byss…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:99A…tue is sufficient for his adornment, and because these things were a type of virtue, not virtue itself. e. On the head, he says, the high priest wore a tiara (Exod. XXVIII, 39); because it was necessary for him who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:747C…nd all but snatch away the holy miter that fits his forehead. PALL. That is true. CYR. "You shall make also a miter and a girdle of fine linen," he says (Exod. XXVIII, 39). The attire of Aaron is military: a gi…
41Exod 28:41
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1801…ty of the Latin interpreter to represent that one, not others which they might have attributed to the same word in other places of Scripture. Thus in Exodus xxviii, 41, and you shall fill their hands, namely with offerings, P…
43Exod 28:43
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:629…might wash their hands and their feet thereat when they went into the tabernacle of the congregation or when they came near unto the altar they washed as the lord commanded moses c pall and what…
51Exod 28:51
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1377…self the sense of sin already dead. Ibid. B. Subucula. Trapezuntius had edited, “in quo est tunica et pectorale.” The word hypodutēs is found in Exodus 28:51 [28:39]: Kai poiēseis hypodutēn podērē holon hyakinthinon…