Where the Fathers quote Leviticus 18
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2Lev 18:2
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:981…saying speak to the children of israel and you shall say to them i am the lord your god you shall not do according to the practices of the land of egypt in which you dwelt…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:983…a walk in them i am the lord your god and you shall keep all my precepts and you shall do them the man who shall do…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1007…moses speak to the children of israel and you shall say to them i am the lord your god according to the custom of the land of egypt in which you dwelt you shall not do…
3Lev 18:3
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:813B…ou shall not do; and according to the customs of the land of Canaan, into which I shall bring you, you shall not do, and in their statutes you shall not walk." Levit. XVIII, 3. It is therefore probable that this typ…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1159…and wicked imitation h levit xviii i am the lord your god after the doings of the land of egypt wherein ye dwelt shall ye not do and after the doings of the land of canaan…
5Lev 18:5
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:983…a walk in them i am the lord your god and you shall keep all my precepts and you shall do them the man who shall…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:737…and deuteronomy chapter iv the same sentence again second time which if a man do he shall live in them ibid vi from deuteronomy tenth time chapter xxi cursed is every one that hangeth on a…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:791…them my precepts and made my judgments known unto them which if a man do he shall live in them behold good and very good inasmuch as they bestow life recording this see what he adds…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1007…my judgments and you shall keep my precepts and you shall walk in them i am the lord your god keep my laws and my judgments which if a man does he shall live in them…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1009…again he subjoined i am the lord your god keep my laws and my judgments which if a man shall do he shall live in them b abstaining ourselves first from the abominations which have been…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:989…them my commandments and made known my judgments to them which if a man do he shall live in them and i gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them that they…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:991…known to them and the gain of these he declared which if a man do he shall live in them then he added and my sabbaths i gave to them and he did not say that…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:995…else for when i had given them he says justifications which if a man do he shall live in them and by these he understands the ten words of the law but they departed from these…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:481…the same prophet and i gave them my statutes and shewed them my judgments which if a man do he shall even live in them since however he says they transgressed these i gave them statutes…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:753…and those who walk along this paul calls the lost which if a man do he shall live in them etc for the law also promises life and the savior to him who seeks life prescribes…
OrigenesPG 16:2717…precepts and observe my justifications that you may do them which if a man do he shall live in them and the house of israel provoked me in the desert they walked not in my precepts…
6Lev 18:6
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1045…the Lawgiver, but there it is said: Thou shalt not uncover the shame of thy father and mother, nor of thy sister, and daughter-in-law, and the rest in order (Levit. XVIII, 6 seqq.). When we expounded these things,…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:753A…ade anxious by servile fear: and he differs greatly from the son, who enjoys freedom and truth. "None shall approach to any that is near of kin to him," etc. [Lev. XVIII, 6.] He desires that the reverence and gra…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:703C…abitation. CANON LIV. "Since the divine Scripture teaches us openly, 'None of you shall approach any near of kin to his flesh, to uncover their nakedness' (Levit. xviii, 6): the divine Basil has enumerated certa…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:705…one's own kin is forbidden by the mosaic law which says thus none of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him to uncover their nakedness then as if defending the aforementioned…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:813D…t that it has been very strongly forbidden by the legislator. For the passage, "You shall not approach any kinswoman of your flesh to uncover their nakedness," Levit. XVIII, 6, is inclusive of this type of kinship a…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:459…prohibited by the lawgiver for that passage thou shalt not approach unto any that is near of kin to thee to uncover their nakedness is inclusive also of this type of kinship for what could be…
7Lev 18:7
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1009…am the lord the nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou shalt not uncover she is thy mother thou shalt not uncover her nakedness the nakedness of thy father s wife thou…
11Lev 18:11
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1009…nakedness of thy mother thou shalt not uncover she is thy mother thou shalt not uncover her nakedness the nakedness of thy father s wife thou shalt not uncover for it is thy father s nakedness…
13Lev 18:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:51…heca, they have teledeú. Malachi ii, 13, cassoth, Massor. cassoth; they have xassóth. But far more often they read the Massoretic E as A, as Leviticus xviii, 13, thobel, Massor. with double segol, thobel: Theodotio…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1047…wisdom of this world is foolishness with god vers thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister nor of thy father's sister he that doeth this hath uncovered the ignominy of his own flesh…
15Lev 18:15
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1009…nakedness of thy mother thou shalt not uncover she is thy mother thou shalt not uncover her nakedness the nakedness of thy father s wife thou shalt not uncover for it is thy father s nakedness…
18Lev 18:18
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:811D…t is written, he says, in Leviticus: "Thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside the other, while she is yet alive" (Levit. xviii, 18). From this, therefore, he says it is m…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:457…the argument it is written he says in leviticus thou shalt not take a wife to her sister to be an adversary to uncover her shame upon her while she is yet living b and he…
19Lev 18:19
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1013…neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness while she is yet living vers thou shalt not approach unto a woman that hath an unclean issue neither shalt thou uncover her filthiness thou shalt not lie with thy…
21Lev 18:21
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1013…according to the septuagint to serve the prince neither shalt thou defile the name of thy god i am the lord thou shalt not lie with mankind with womanly copulation because it is an abomination thou…
23Lev 18:23
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:93C…Vulgate, scabies ("scab"): I consider the same to be the case in the same chapter, where se’eth is placed for se’eth, which is "tumor" or "scar." And in Levit. XVIII, 23, tebel, Theodotion [writes] thabel,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:79D…nto pursuits, and militias, and dignities, having violated the law which says: "The priests shall not give their sons into princes and strollers for the king" (Lev. 18:23): but they consume spiritual men with s…