Where the Fathers quote Numbers 11

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Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1937…a ver if i take my wings in the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea for even there shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me by morning… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1305C…y, and always remembers it. And this small and paltry thing often diminishes the glory of many and great men. TITLE III. — Regarding murmurings. Num. xi, 1, 2. — « The people were murmuring, and… OrigenesPG 16:221…the lord and the lord heard him for he saw the affliction of israel because the king of syria afflicted them and the lord… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:539…a lusting and they sat and wept and the children of israel said who shall give us flesh to eat we remember the fish which we did eat in egypt freely and the cucumbers and the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…ground but because it is said later in numbers and the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting and the children of israel also wept and said who shall give us flesh to eat… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:475A…, and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. Now, however, our soul drieth away, and our eyes behold nothing but manna" (Num. 11.4-6). Here Moses could no longer bear the u… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:389A…es heard them weeping throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moyses also was displeased" (Num. xi, 4 seqq.). Do you not think, then, that a… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…a mixed multitude among them fell a lusting and the children of israel sat and wept and said who shall give us flesh to eat we remembered… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:819C…shment of the judgment, and the heat of the fire which will consume and destroy the enemies of Christ. And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted. [Num. 11:4.] Nor do those indeed, whom it was righ… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:105…then it was with daniel but the petulant and ungrateful people who said who shall give us flesh to eat after they ate flesh until it came out of their nostrils were smitten with a very… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:539…the children of israel said who shall give us flesh to eat we remember the fish which we did eat in egypt freely and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…israel also wept and said who shall give us flesh to eat we remember the fish which we did eat in egypt for nought and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:475…with flesh we remember the fish that we ate in egypt and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic now however our soul drieth away and our eyes behold… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1077…was it not better for us in egypt when we were eating the cucumbers and the melons and the onions and the garlic did you see their ingratitude they themselves were saying to god they themselves… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:331B…n Egypt, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. But now our soul is parched; our eyes look at nothing except the manna" (Num. 11.5, 6). And because he was bearing their s… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:389…also wept again and said who shall give us flesh to eat we remember the fish which we did eat in egypt freely the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…wept and said who shall give us flesh to eat we remembered the fish which we did eat in egypt for nothing and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:777…jews wept and said who shall feed us with flesh to eat we remember the fish which we did eat in egypt freely and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:539…and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic but now our soul is dried away there is nothing at all besides this manna before our eyes b and then a little later… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions but now our soul is dried away then it is subjoined and moses went out into the camp he and the elders of israel… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:291C…with vexation and desired death: but Paul, while struggling with hunger, rejoiced and exulted. And those folk said: "Our soul is empty because of the manna (Num. XI, 6). Did you lead us out to kill us, becau… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:389…and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlick but now our soul is dried away there is nothing at all beside this manna before our eyes and moyses heard them weeping throughout… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic but now our soul is dried away there is nothing at all besides this manna before our eyes then he adds to these and… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:777…and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic but now our soul is dried away there is nothing at all besides this manna before our eyes neither be ye idolaters by this… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:21…annotations on numbers h from the gallandian library a chap xi v and the manna was as coriander seed that as coriander seed others render as bdellium another says as honey aquila and symmachus oil of… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:801…as being closer to heaven he commanded them to rain down manna and the manna was as coriander seed and its appearance as the appearance of crystal and the people went about he says and gathered… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:369B…supplied not only the need of bread, but also of meat. "They ground it," he says, "in a mill, and beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pot, and made cakes" (Num. xi, 8). While they were lamenting, the Master… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:539…and then a little later it is said and moses heard them weep throughout their families every man in the door of his tent and again after a little the lord says to moses and say… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:389…all beside this manna before our eyes and moyses heard them weeping throughout their families every man in the door of his tent and the anger of the lord was kindled greatly moyses also was displeased… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…our eyes then he adds to these and moses heard them weeping throughout their families every man in the door of his tent and the anger of the lord was kindled greatly moses also was displeased… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:475B…able to bear this people alone, for this word is heavy for me. But if thou dost not do this to me, I beseech thee, kill me, if I have found grace before thee" (Num. 11.11-15). Those things were spoken by him who h… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:369C…b, or did I give birth to it, that you say to me: Take them into your bosom, as a nurse carries the suckling, into the land which you swore to their fathers?" (Num. xi, 11, 12). By these words he revealed their… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1105…grievously and the prophet himself bears it with displeasure crying out why hast thou afflicted thy servant and why do i not find grace before thee and why hast thou laid the burden of all this… Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:813…to god that which moses said being exasperated against the disobedient why hast thou afflicted thy servant and why have i not found favor in thy sight that thou shouldst lay the burden of all this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:475…upon me have i received all this people in my womb or have i begotten them that thou sayest to me take them in thy bosom as a nurse the sucking child unto the land which… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:411A…constrained, said in these words: Have I conceived all these in my womb, that thou sayest to me, Carry them as a nurse carries her nursing child in her bosom (Num. 11:12)? These things happen also in household… Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:813…that thou shouldst lay the burden of all this people upon me have i conceived all this people or have i brought them forth that thou shouldst say to me carry them in thy bosom as… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:475…their fathers whence should i have flesh that i may give to all this people for they weep against me saying give us flesh that we may eat i shall not be able to bear this… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…the great difficulty and impossibility of providing c what was requested saying whence should i have flesh to give unto all this people to eat and having fallen into such despondency that he already wished to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:821C…people alone; choose another for yourself." God says to him: "Choose seventy elders, and I will take from the Spirit that is in you, and I will give to them" (Num. 11. 14). He did not say, "I will take yours,"… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:661A…not only then, but even after he came to hold the authority, he would gladly have died to be rid of it: “Kill me,” he says, “if you are going to treat me so” (Num 11:15). What then? When he sinned at the wate… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1003D…irth because of the evils following upon evils? What of Moses himself? Does he not, losing heart, say: "Kill me, if You are going to deal with me in this way" (Num. 11:15)? And Elijah, the sublimity of whose so… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…into such despondency that he already wished to die for he says if thou deal thus with me kill me i pray thee out of hand if i have found favour in thy sight and let… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:51B…e doubted. For you may hear Jeremiah saying: Cursed be the day in which I was born [Jerem. xx, 14]. And Moses: Kill me, if thou art about to do thus to me [Num. xi, 15]. Yet they do not despair, nor do they… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:691…also 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… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1201…his people for judgment the lord himself shall come to judgment with the elders of the people and with the princes thereof it does not seem that this refers to the god of all now the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:111…judgment for his people the lord himself shall come into judgment with the elders of the people and with his princes very consistently after he has prophesied the first coming of the savior and the subversion… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:111C…e sanctifies all by the Spirit, and says to the disciples: Receive the Holy Spirit (John XX, 22). He gave it Himself to Moses and to others, the seventy (Num. XI, 16), and through Him David also entreated… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:231…i would not hesitate explicitly then the lord says to moses straightway gather unto me seventy men of the elders of israel and i shall take of the spirit that is upon thee and will put… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…the whole congregation to the number of seventy for he said to moses gather unto me seventy men of the elders of israel whom you yourself know to be the elders of the people and their… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:369D…ke of the spirit which is upon you, and will place it upon them; and they will bear with you the intensity of this people, and you shall not carry them alone" (Num. xi, 16, 17). From these words, the lawgiver le… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:815…relate through the holy spirit what god spoke with you in numbers gather unto me seventy men of the elders of israel whom you know because they are elders of the people and magistrates and lead… OrigenesPG 16:1323…the word [Hebrew], Isaiah XLVII. Here, however, Symmachus translates scribe, in a sense far different. Does he read [Hebrew]? The Septuagint also, Numbers XI, 16, they translate [Hebrew] somewhat differently. But they the… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:585…a god says and i will take of the spirit that is in you and will put it upon him b and he said certainly i said… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:173…scripture says gather for me seventy men from the elders of israel and i will take of the spirit that is upon thee and i will put it upon them and he gathered seventy men likewise… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:285…take from the spirit that is upon you and i will place it upon them and they shall bear with you the burden of this people and you shall not bear them yourself alone c it… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:231…from exodus and the lord said to moses bring me seventy elders and i will take of the spirit that is in you and i will pour it upon them and i will take you b… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:891…been said before god said to him choose for yourself seventy elders and i will take of the spirit that is in you and i will give it upon them yet god did not receive from… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:231…the elders of israel and i shall take of the spirit that is upon thee and will put it upon them and they shall bear the burden with thee and concerning the son that we might… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…the tabernacle of the testimony that they may stand there with you and i will come down and talk with you there and i will take of the spirit that is upon you and i will… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:369…there with you and i will descend and speak there with you and i will take of the spirit which is upon you and will place it upon them and they will bear with you the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:371…the spirit that is upon thee and will put it upon them a for he did not say this because he was lacking in other power or… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1221D…, 152. The Despot, 151. He is rashly accused, ibid. And why is he slow of tongue, 125. Why the angel wanted to kill him, God did not diminish the divine power (Num. xi, 17), 211. Regarding the illustration of th… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1105…he says gather unto me seventy men and then after a little and i will take of the spirit that is upon thee and will put it d upon them and i shall assist thee in… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:815…there with you that i may come down and talk with you and i will take of the spirit that is upon you and will give it unto them that they may bear the burden of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:539…lusting and they sat and wept and the children of israel said who shall give us flesh to eat we remember the fish which we did eat in egypt freely and the cucumbers and the melons… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…glory of the lord for he hath heard all your murmurings for the lord will give you flesh to eat at even and bread in the morning to the full and he adds thereafter and it… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:337D…away the evil and strong thing, the evil habit. The Jews were eating manna, and they were seeking the leeks that were in Egypt: "It was well with us in Egypt" (Num. 11:18); so shameful a thing is habit, and mos… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:125A…id food is something perfect, as the Apostle says. And Moses foretells this to the people, saying: "Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh" (Num. xi, 18), understanding by "flesh" the divine b… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:389D…s, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?" (Num. xi, 18-20).… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…a lusting and the children of israel sat and wept and said who shall give us flesh to eat we remembered the fish which we did eat in egypt for nothing and the cucumbers and the… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:105…it was with daniel but the petulant and ungrateful people who said who shall give us flesh to eat after they ate flesh until it came out of their nostrils were smitten with a very great… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:539…egypt therefore the lord will give you flesh and ye shall eat ye shall not eat one day nor two days nor five days neither ten days nor twenty days but even a whole month until… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:389…egypt therefore the lord will give you flesh and ye shall eat ye shall not eat one day nor two days nor five days neither ten days nor twenty days but even a whole month until… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:539…nor two days nor five days neither ten days nor twenty days but even a whole month until it come out at your nostrils and it be loathsome unto you because that ye have despised the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:389…nor two days nor five days neither ten days nor twenty days but even a whole month until it come out at your nostrils and it be loathsome unto you because that ye have despised the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:371…generosity for when he had said ye shall eat meat for a month until it come out at your nostrils he added and it shall be for you for loathing c or as symmachus says for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:505…a month of days shall the sheep and the oxen be slaughtered or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered and will it suffice them and after this again he became discouraged and he… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1487…a whole month shall the sheep and the oxen be slaughtered for them or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together and suffice for th… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:371…not the hand of the lord be sufficient now thou shalt know whether my word shall come to pass for thee or not yet while promising that he would give he joined punishment to the generosity… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:607…the words of the lord to him so long as moses hears the words of the lord and is taught by him he is within and consists in the interior and is held in the inmost… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:797…firmer habit in vices for such is that which is said and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel now when the mind of the prophet sees what is in the house of… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1201…his people for judgment the lord himself shall come to judgment with the elders of the people and with the princes thereof it does not seem that this refers to the god of all now the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:913…said to moses go before the people and take with you some of the elders of the people and the rod with which you struck the sea and go behold i stand there before you upon… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:111…judgment for his people the lord himself shall come into judgment with the elders of the people and with his princes very consistently after he has prophesied the first coming of the savior and the subversion… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…the number of seventy for he said to moses gather unto me seventy men of the elders of israel whom you yourself know to be the elders of the people and their scribes d and you… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:487…said to moses go before this people and take with you some of the elders of the people and the rod with which you smote the river take it in your hand and go behold i… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:491…succumb regarding faith therefore he says in exodus take with you some of the elders of the people and the staff with which you struck the river take into your hand and go behold i stand… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:513…will hear and what after this and moses wrote he says all the words of the lord and moses rising early in the morning built an altar under the mountain and twelve stones for the twelve… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:597…of the house of israel c engraved upon it round about and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel and jechonias the son of saphethem in the midst of them stood before them… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:883…of the house of israel depicted on the wall all around and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel and jezonias the son of saphan were standing in their midst and each one… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:815…holy spirit what god spoke with you in numbers gather unto me seventy men of the elders of israel whom you know because they are elders of the people and magistrates and lead them unto the… 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 16:2699…of the house of israel described upon the wall round about and seventy men of the elders of the house of israel and jezoniah the son of shaphan was standing in the midst of them and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:279…even the blessed moses himself was not commanded to take away from the spirit that was upon him but god reserved this to his own power who indeed commanded him to add the seventy men promising… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:543…upon the chosen but said openly that he himself would take from the spirit that was upon him and give it to each of those who were chosen for to be able to sanctify through the… Gregentius of Taphar traditional dates c. 502-552PG 86:617…your servants as once through moses you distributed to the seventy men the spirit that was upon him and as to your holy apostles the tongues of fire as he was praying these things a violent… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:157…you three to the tabernacle of witness and the three went out and the lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the door of the tabernacle of witness and moses and aaron… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:947…the elders of the people and the lord descended in a cloud and took of the spirit that was in moses and put it on the seventy and these were co opted with the legislator this… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:815…and the lord descended through the cloud and spoke unto him taking of the spirit that was upon moses and giving it to the seventy men and when the spirit had rested upon them they prophesied… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:53…living father moses also received the holy spirit and god taking part of the spirit that was upon him imparted it to chosen men seventy in number as it is written and these indeed prophesied so… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:953…the seventy elders were chosen and the lord descended in a cloud and took of the spirit that was upon moses and placed it upon the seventy men who were elders not that the spirit was… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:699…of this sort and it came to pass after these things that joshua the son of nun the servant of the lord died being one hundred and ten years old and they buried him at the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:373…from this passion his praise testifies for thus it is said and joshua the son of nun the chosen one who attended moses answering said my lord moses forbid them question xxii who is to be… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:459…title of minister befit our lord jesus christ for it says regarding joshua the son of nun the lord said to joshua the son of nun the minister of moses we hear also the apostle saying… Evagrius Scholasticus c. 536-c. 600PG 86:2533…beginning and further on therefore be strong and act manfully just as joshua the son of nun the servant of the lord did for the people of israel i ask you to greet on my behalf… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:815…and told moses saying eldad and medad prophesy in the camp immediately joshua the son of nun the minister of moses and chosen from many said my lord moses forbid them but he said why do… Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:59…and act with manly courage in true piety just as did jesus the son of nun the servant of the lord among the israelitic people i pray you to greet in my words all the religious… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:191C…to emulation and incited him to anger, he spoke those beautiful words, full of wisdom, saying: Who will give that all the people of the Lord were prophets? (Num. XI, 29). And for his sister again, who had ass… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:331B…said, "Forbid Eldad and Modad from prophesying," Moses said: "Art thou jealous for me? And who would grant that all the people of the Lord might be prophets?" (Num. 11.29). Then the quail came up from the Lord,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:513…l flesh, and they shall prophesy" (Joel 2:28). And Moses: "Who will give all the Lord's people to be prophets, when the Lord gives His Holy Spirit upon them?" (Num. 11:29). Let us here attend closely to how the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:519D…e who wished to irritate him, when Eldad and Modad were prophesying: "Do you envy for my sake? Who would grant that all the people of the Lord were prophets?" (Num. 11:29). All these things proceed from the lov… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:465…but he a foreseeing the mystery of christ says would that all the lord's people were prophets when the lord shall have given his spirit upon them we shall understand also through these things… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:955…and you do not yet prophesy wait for the time and would that all the lord's people were prophets when the lord shall give his spirit upon them speaking this also prophetically when the lord shall… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…soul is dried 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… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…and there went forth a spirit from the lord and brought forth quails from the sea and let them fall by the camp as it were a day's journey c on this side and a day's… Eustathius of Antioch c. 270 - c. 337PG 18:639…claimed for if having heard these words he did not eat bread all that day and all that night due to overwhelming grief as the divine scripture testifies and after this the woman again exhorted and… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…two cubits upon the face of the earth and the people rose up all that day and all that night and gathered he that gathered most had no excess and he that gathered little had no… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:235…his rod toward heaven and the lord brought in a south wind all that day and all that night and it took up the locusts and brought them upon all the land of egypt whereupon pharaoh… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:139…still in their teeth before it failed and the lord was angered against the people and the lord struck the people with a very great blow this great blow was the death of many according to… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…soul and opened her mouth without measure for the flesh he says was yet between their teeth ere it was consumed and the lord was angry with the people and the lord smote the people with… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1143…account of david toward whom they were insulting hence scripture says that the wrath of the lord was kindled against israel not against david for the census of the people was only the occasion for the… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:803…still in their teeth before it failed and the lord was angered against the people and the lord struck the people with a very great plague… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:805…agrees better with the mosaic account for the lord he says struck the people with a very great plague and a great plague is confirmed by the death of many he called them elect as being… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:53B…Michtham; they machtham. Osee X, 9, גִּבְעָה, Massor. Ghibah; they gabaa. When after a long vowel o or w or ou follows, [it is expressed] by a. Num. XI, 34, קִבְרוֹת, Massoretes kibroth; they… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…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 examining opportunely teaches this in these words he sent them… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1077…τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐτάφη: "Of whom the people, having felt desire, when they became seekers of desire, were long ago buried in the desert." For so we read in Numbers 11:34: Ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἔθαψαν τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐπιθυμητήν, which Ambrose i… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:277…that it was god to whom no name could be specifically attributed he called the name of that place the face of god for i saw god face to face he says and my soul was… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:461…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 of the good things and could have enjoyed the delicacies of…