Where the Fathers quote Joshua 7
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1Josh 7:1
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:621C…the prophecy of Isaiah (Isai. 37: 36)? Shall I mention also those who were punished privately, Cain who was delivered to perpetual punishment, Charmin (a) (Jos. 7: 1), who was stoned with his whole clan, t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:735B…serving this command, the transgression of one man aroused God's wrath against the whole multitude. "For," it says, "the sons of Israel committed a great sin" (Jos. 7:1). And yet there was one who had sinned—…
2Josh 7:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:735B…d Jesus sent men from Jericho to Hai. "And they went up about three thousand men; and they fled before the men of Hai, and they killed of them thirty-six men" (Jos. 7:2, 4-5). See the retribution for one sin,…
3Josh 7:3
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:363…went up and examined gai and returned to jesus and said to him let not all the people ascend but let about two or three thousand men go up and besiege the city do not lead…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:365…city would be easily overcome by even a few for they said let not all the people go up but about two thousand men when jesus took this unexpected disaster and the calamity that exceeded all…
4Josh 7:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:105…says jesus men from jericho to gai and there went up there about three thousand men and they fled from before the men of gai and they killed of them thirty six men and pursued them…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:735…and jesus sent men from jericho to hai and they went up about three thousand men and they fled before the men of hai and they killed of them thirty six men jos see the retribution…
5Josh 7:5
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:365…the gate and crushed them down from the slope and the heart of the people melted and became as water those who had captured cities and laid regions waste and had conquered the fiercest nations without…
6Josh 7:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:969…h joshua chapter vii h symmachus upon the earth upon his face before the lord another upon the earth upon his face before the ark of the lord i pray another…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:41…the house of dagon and they saw and behold dagon fallen d upon his face before the ark of god so that the foreigners might know that neither was god defeated on account of the israelites…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…away then it is subjoined and moses went out into the camp he and the elders of israel and there went forth a spirit from the lord and brought forth quails from the sea and let…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:477…fell upon his face on the ground before the lord until evening he and the elders of israel and they cast dust upon their heads and joshua said 'i beseech thee o lord why has thy…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:193…fell upon his face on the ground before the lord until evening he and the elders of israel and they cast dust upon their heads and joshua said i beseech thee lord why did thy servant…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:123…garments and he fell on his face before the lord until evening he and the elders of israel and they cast dust upon their heads and joshua said i beseech you lord why did your servant…
9Josh 7:9
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:477…has turned his back before his enemy and the canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear it and shall encompass us and shall blot us out from the earth' josue having heard these…
12Josh 7:12
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:1227…moses also after he had seen the glory of god such that the children of israel could not look upon his face uncovered unless he put on a veil said to them these things b the…
14Josh 7:14
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:925B…of various orders, or from the Heb. tsabaoth. dēmoi tōn aoratōn, III, 405. dēmoi martyrōn, I, 1571, III, 1315. dēmous Ioudaion, I, 288, explained from Jos. 7, 14, 17. These are 1st, phylai (tribes),…
19Josh 7:19
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:575…knew that they who were from the captivity were building a temple to the lord god of israel and approaching zorobabel and jesus and the leaders of the families they say to them let us build…
20Josh 7:20
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:287…you are the man o king what then does the king say i have sinned against the lord he says he did not say who are you to rebuke me who sent you to speak so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:571…he who had caused the pain you are o king what then i have sinned against the lord do you see in the confession the nobility of his soul for if he had said to him…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:125…says you are the man o king what then did he do i have sinned against the lord do you see even in his sickness the nobility of his soul for he did not say to…
21Josh 7:21
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:365…thus and so i did i saw in the spoil a variegated garment and two hundred shekels of silver and one golden tongue of fifty shekels and having coveted them i took them and behold these…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2199…d to these the prophet now adds all these things shall be in the earth in the midst of the nations clearly teaching that what has been said refers to the judgment which he signified by…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1257…said to achar tell me what have you done and achar said i saw among the spoils a beautiful many colored robe and two hundred didrachms of silver and a golden tongue of fifty didrachms and…
OrigenesPG 16:2735…height for all are given unto death to the lowest parts of the earth in the midst of the children of men with those that go down into the pit thus saith the lord god in…
24Josh 7:24
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:51…vice versa. Thus Gen. xxxv, 24, in the note makor, the Massoretes have makor, the old reading is moxor, unless it is a mistake for moxor; and Joshua vii, 24, ’Achor, the Massoretes have ’Achor. Some read ’Achar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:105…ruinous death jesus brought him he says to the valley of achor and his sons and his daughters and his calves and his beasts of burden and all his sheep and his tent and all that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:861B…enance to salvation. Why is it written there that Achar was stoned because of the theft of a golden plate, if not so that thieves might have something to fear (Jos. 7:24-26)? Why are the children of Israel there,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:735C…sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his beasts of burden, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that was his; and all Israel stoned them with stones" (Jos. 7:24-25). Do not, therefore, let us be confiden…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:83…son of zarah and led him away to the valley of achor and his sons and his daughters and his calves and his beasts of burden and his sheep and his tent and all his possessions…
25Josh 7:25
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:235B…descend to us—for I fear that he may flee from me, that he may even disdain my blessing—for once the Word fled from the people on account of Achar, one sinner (Jos. VII, 25); he fled, I say, the Word fled from th…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:83…why hast thou destroyed us may the lord destroy thee as also this day and all israel stoned him with stones and they heaped up over him a great pile of stones d now achor is…
26Josh 7:26
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:917…moses and moses prayed to the lord and the fire ceased and the name of that place was called incendium because fire was kindled in them from the lord therefore it is said in the present…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…about the camp before it failed and the lord was angry and the name of that place was called graves of concupiscence because there they buried the people that lusted therefore the clause which we are…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:531…conspiracy formed for the commission of evil for the scripture says that the name of that place was called confusion in hebrew babel b but he says i have taken arabia and damascus and samaria just…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:635…house of god and the gate of heaven ibid v and therefore the name of that place was called bethel which is interpreted the house of god therefore when the lord was born in bethlehem the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:381…and moses prayed to the lord and the fire was extinguished and the name of that place was called burning because fire was kindled among them from the lord and after this again and having departed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:443…could not drink the water from marah for it was bitter therefore the name of that place was called bitterness and the people murmured against moses saying what shall we drink but moses cried to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…and the lord smote the people with a very great plague and the name of that place was called the graves of lust because there they buried the people that lusted for whereas they lacked none…
Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:405…sons of israel and the egyptians lamented with a great lamentation and the name of that place was called mourning of egypt of a beloved wife he says…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:127…wept remembering the benefits of the lord and their present misery hence that place was called the valley of weeping for because the israelite people had not destroyed the nations that god had commanded them to…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:865…the iniquities of the hebrews moved the people to weeping d wherefore that place was called the valley of weeping and because the position of any valley bears with it humility we are taught that all…