Where the Fathers quote Numbers 14
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Expounded by the Fathers
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:225expounds v.19“αφες την αμαρτιαν τω λαω τουτω κατα το μεγα ελεος σου καθαπερ ιλεως εγενου αυτοις απ᾿ Αιγυπτου εως του νυν.”On the Lord’s saying: «Suffer it to be so now»
Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:377expounds v.21“αλλα ζω εγω και ζων το ονομα μου και εμπλησει η δοξα Κυριου πασαν την γην”Meaning of «The glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:288expounds v.40“και ορθρισαντες το πρωΐ ανεβησαν εις την κορυφην του ορους λεγοντες· ιδου οιδε ημεις αναβησομεθα εις τον τοπον ον ειπε Κυριος οτι ημαρτομεν.”42. Interpretation of Isaiah’s inspired words: «You were angry, and we have sinned»
2Num 14:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:343…fifteenth day of the month the people murmured against moses saying would that we had died in the land of egypt when we sat by the flesh pots and ate bread to the full because you…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:915…against god c moses also teaches saying and the whole congregation of the children of israel murmured against moses and aaron and said to them would that we had died having been struck by the lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:373…cry and the people wept all that night and all the sons of israel murmured against moses and aaron and the whole congregation of the sons of israel said to them would that we had died…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:449…had gone out from the land of egypt the whole congregation of the children of israel murmured against moses and aaron and the children of israel said to them would that we had died struck down…
4Num 14:4
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:947D…ter whom they had once thoroughly tested and experienced as cruel and highly deserving of hatred. For they said: "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt" (Num. xiv, 4), deeming the return over the journey a…
OrigenesPG 16:2895…with her and they watched anxiously every day to see her and they said one to another let us go home for it is the hour of dinner and going out they departed from one another…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:339B…ferebant olim servitutem Ægyptiacam, et ab ea liberati conviciis liberatorem incessebant: Quasi defuerint in Ægypto tumuli, eduxit nos, ut occidat in deserto (Num. XIV, 4). Mare velut viam publicam decurrebant,…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:339B…dendum. Noctem columna ignea illuminabat: verum, tot a Deo miraculis honorati, maledictis eum exhonorabant: Constituamus nobis ducem, et revertamur in Ægyptum (Num. XIV, 4). Avium nubes aer dependebat veluti per…
5Num 14:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:627…midst of this synagogue and i will destroy them at once and moses and aaron fell on their faces num xvi in sodom indeed when at least ten were required through whom if they could barely…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:875…any word of all that moses commanded that jesus did not read before all the assembly of the sons of israel the explanation of the history is indeed easy how the son of nun read all…
6Num 14:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:351…led israel out by the hand of moses and aaron and jesus the son of nun and caleb the son of jephunneh both agreeing together settled the people when they were provoked by the ten and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:303…he also sent scouts one from each tribe among whom were joshua the son of nun and caleb the son of jephonne here also the synagogue of core rose up against moses and they were swallowed…
8Num 14:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:617…of the tribe of judah and they say if god loves us he will bring us into this land what then is this land according to the spiritual understanding which land is indeed holy and a…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:621…the people to remain in faith saying if the lord loves us he will bring us into this land but the people by the despair of their infidelity are driven headlong and rushed a to stone…
10Num 14:10
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1061…the children of israel and they turned to the wilderness behold the glory of the lord appeared in the cloud and the lord spoke to moses and again moses went up into the mountain and the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1109A…gar meta to tous kataskopous anelein epecheiroun, etc. Perhaps thus: epeidē gar meta to tous kataskopous diēgēsasthai ha eidon anelein epecheiroun, etc. See Num. xiv, 10; or anelein epecheiroun auton kai lith…
11Num 14:11
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:805…which they were in danger and concerning which god himself also said how long will this people provoke me and how long will they not believe in me through all the signs which i have performed…
14Num 14:14
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:185…in this place if we see how in exodus god went before in a pillar of fire by night and in a pillar of cloud by day and the synagogue of the lord followed after him…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1485…lord who was with them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night until he planted them having led them into his holy mountain and into his dwelling places…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1487…since the lord who was with them in a cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night until he planted them bringing them into his holy mountain and into his dwelling places no…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:815…behind. From the Basilian manuscript. V. 3. These readings are produced from the Basilian. A., from your interior parts. So also Aquila, Exod. iii, 18, and Num. xiv, 14. In the Roman edition, it is read: fro…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1053…believe you forever and again but god went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to show them the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light and…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1499…exod the lord went before them to show the way by day in a pillar of a cloud and by night in a pillar of fire that he might be the guide of the journey at…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:847…god on thabor moyses having prophetically beheld in the sea in the cloud and in a pillar of fire of old the glory of the lord cried out let us sing to our redeemer and god…
16Num 14:16
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:671…a will enter before the face of this people into the land which the lord swore to our fathers to give to them and you shall distribute it to them by…
18Num 14:18
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:357…and i am a jealous god repaying the sins of fathers upon children unto the third and fourth generation and i regret having anointed saul as king and i am the lord who makes peace and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:15…and i am a jealous god rendering the sins of fathers upon children unto the third and fourth generation and i have not anointed saul as king and i am the lord who makes peace and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:289…i am the lord your god a jealous god rewarding the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me and showing mercy unto thousands of those…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:351…i am the lord thy god a jealous god visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me and showing mercy unto thousands to them…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:357…how it is said that the sins of the fathers are rendered upon the children unto the third and fourth generation for in this passage heretics are accustomed to slander us saying that this is not…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:359…according to this lineage we have mentioned how god renders the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation and does not render them upon the fathers themselves for god said…
Dionysius of Alexandria c. 190-264/265PG 10:1331…prophecy which god spoke is clearly fulfilled in them repaying the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me for he took his own b evil…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:661…the prediction of god saying 'i am he who recompenses the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me ' for his own wicked desires which…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:949…ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set similar to rendering the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1015…h a passage of plato similar to this one rendering the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation to those who hate me to sum up the matter in a…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:395…with a cleansing he will not cleanse the guilty bringing the sins of the fathers upon the children and the children of children to the third and fourth generation and moses making haste bowing to the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:71…forth he says to moses i am god who recompense the sins of the fathers upon the children and until when unto the third and fourth generation attend to me i pray how he extends punishment…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1583…i am the lord thy god a jealous god repaying the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me diodorus how shall we solve this problem…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:681…the example and this is what god says elsewhere returning the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me exod not as though they are paying…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:305…commandment of moses but if anyone says how then is it said visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation we would say this that the judgment is not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:409…serve them for i am the lord your god a jealous god visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me but showing mercy to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:419…and sins and he will not clear the guilty bringing the iniquities of the fathers upon the children and upon the children of children unto the third and fourth generation the people of the jews did…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:945…purify the guilty rendering the sins of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation forgive the sin of the people according to thy great mercy just as thou wast merciful to them…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:947…what cause c does he seem to have added visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation for to do this is nothing else than to wish to deter…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:949…and that he will visit the sins of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation not that he punishes a son for a father do not think that nor yet that he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:671…god as a jealous one and one who even repayeth the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate him let no one be scandalized for the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:673…how then is that phrase open to dispute he repays the sins of the fathers upon the children upon the third and fourth generation it is not stated absolutely for it has been added by necessity…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1335…he says the lord your god a jealous god repaying the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation to those who hate me and showing mercy unto thousands and ten…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1115…things etc and exod i am the lord thy god strong jealous visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons etc gen behold his blood is required as if keeping wrath until that time multiplied…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:609…your lovers then he will say my zeal shall depart from you visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me etc xx this period…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:229…allow the paternal inheritance to pass to them according to that saying visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children he shall recompense him and he shall know similar to the saying the lord is…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:811…h interrogation xxxi h what is the meaning of what is said visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me deut v h response…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:1475…went out from the father and i leave the world etc recompensing the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons passions vices and affections to paul lust libido indications of apathy that to be done by…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:377…repaying the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation a now when the divine sword of the almighty s right hand…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1087…pass furthermore he terrifies those who love their children with threats saying visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me that it is impious…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:41…someone might say how is it written that he recompenses the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation it must be said therefore that in the first place this is…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1307…for although it is written in the book of exodus concerning god visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation yet it is spoken only of those who born…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:573…numerous offspring he terrifies them with threats and says rendering the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and four…
21Num 14:21
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:547…his glory for ever and for the age of the age and all the earth shall be filled with his glory so be it so be it and at the end…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:623…blessed be the name of his glory for ever and ever and all the earth shall be filled with his glory so be it so be it…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:521…and the cloud covered the tabernacle of testimony and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the lord and moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony because the cloud overshadowed it…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:377…under heaven were sanctified and the greatest house of the church was filled with the glory of the lord through the preaching of the thrice holy hymn as b much water covering the seas there happened…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:105…shall call him blessed and at the end of the psalm and all the earth shall be filled with his glory so be it so be it xiv from the ninety seventh psalm a declaration of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:515…god of israel and blessed be the name of his glory and all the earth shall be filled with his glory this present prophecy therefore confirms these things by saying be exalted above the heavens o…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:127…in this place after which had been completed the whole earth was filled with the glory of the lord with not just one house as before but with countless ones much more excellent than that one…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:261…god but those who are left upon the earth shall rejoice together with the glory of the lord the water of the sea shall be troubled but those who have come to be of the portion…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:943…c in the age of judgment and into the interminable age and all the earth shall be filled with his faith amen amen the prefixed title contains the praises of david the son of jesse have…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:449…glory unto the age and unto the age of the age and all the earth shall be filled with his glory let it be let it be the third part concludes at the eighty eighth psalm…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:227…to the mosaic law avoided the fellowship of other nations isaiah says all the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the lord as much water covering the sea david says all the ends of…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:425…name of his glory for ever and for ever and ever and all the earth shall be filled with his glory so be it c he says blessed be the lord god of israel instead of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:791…for our sake the lord would after him fulfill this crying out the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the lord as much water covers the seas habac ii and from the rising of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:177…over the nations in him shall the nations hope isa and again the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the lord as much water as covers the seas isa and david was saying again…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:113…shall not each say to his neighbor know the lord and again the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the lord as much water to cover the seas in saying new he says he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:691…and the cloud covered the tabernacle of testimony and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the lord and moses could not enter into the tabernacle of testimony because the cloud overshadowed it and the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:767…saying to the blessed moses as i live says the lord surely all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the lord and he makes us holy as he is slaughtered for us in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:543…this task those who are left on the earth shall be gladdened with the glory of the lord having said that there will be a careful investigation of those who were caught in sins so that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:545…who are left behind that is the righteous will be gladdened together with the glory of the lord for they shall be with christ who is the glory of god and the father for he himself…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:547…of those who are left on the earth and are made glad with the glory of the lord and who dwell in these very islands i mean the churches to those who glorify god the savior…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:57…that those who behold the multitude cannot but exclaim with the prophet the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the lord as water covers the seas furthermore the affairs of the emperors in their…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1441…as something inaccessible yet we have been taught his saving name and all the earth shall be filled with his glory fiat fiat these things which he predicted frequently throughout the whole psalm he appended even…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1821…peoples have failed in the fire and many nations have fainted because the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the lord as much water to cover the seas you are truly…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1353…does great wonders and blessed be the name of his glory and all the earth shall be filled with his glory so be it so be it h cxxxv to romulus the bishop h since you…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:721A…of the Father and of God. Concerning this glory, he thus calls out to Moses: As I live, saith the Lord, shall not the glory of the Lord fill all the earth? [Num. XIV, 21.] He immolated Himself for us as in a c…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:831…that which is found in the prophet do not kill them for all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the lord etc this is a prophecy concerning the rejection of the jews and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1935…the calf but as i live and as my name lives because all the earth shall be filled with my glory and in the seventy first psalm he says and all the earth shall be filled…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2201…voice crying out while being punished but the good shall rejoice together with the glory of the lord when the lord shall come in the glory of his father with power and great glory instead of…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:865…fire of wrath held fast by the most terrible babylonian b for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the lord as much water covering the seas some of the copies have it was…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:733…can also say periphrastically of his glory instead of of him and all the earth shall be filled with his glory so be it so be it this prophesies the faith of all the nations thus…
John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:167…cherubim when the priests had departed from the sanctuary the house was filled with the glory of the lord and a cloud over the whole d…
22Num 14:22
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:111…formerly your situation was not like this but you had prophets both in egypt and in the wilderness and in babylon moses in egypt daniel and ezekiel in babylon and jeremiah again in egypt and miracle…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:609…glory and the signs which i wrought in egypt and in this wilderness and have tempted me now ten times and have not hearkened to my voice they shall not see the land which i swore…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2051…refers to those who escaped unharmed from enemies to whom the signs in egypt and in the wilderness and through the son and through the judges did not seem b sufficient for the knowledge of god…
23Num 14:23
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:171C…land of promise; or rather of those things done in the land of promise. For those who went out from Egypt did not reach Palestine, but all fell in the desert (Num. 14:23; Heb. 3:17). When, therefore, those who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:609…tempted me now ten times and have not hearkened to my voice they shall not see the land which i swore to their fathers but their children who are with me here as many as do…
25Num 14:25
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:609…for he says to moses tomorrow setting out turn back and go by the way of the red sea for because they were unwilling to enter into the land to which they were called they were…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:833…that have been hidden from the wise turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the red sea he imposes a return as a punishment with consideration of course of the transgression…
27Num 14:27
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:673…shall blossom and i will take away from me the murmuring of the children of israel which they murmur against you and moses spoke to the children of israel and all their princes gave him a…
28Num 14:28
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1609…of war they dashed the mother to pieces upon the children v so will i do to you house of israel because of your wickedness some say these things were spoken about a certain prince at…
30Num 14:30
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:375…men shall see the land which i swore to their fathers except caleb the son of jephunneh and joshua the son of nun is it therefore doubtful that a man who is timid impatient of labor…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:609…and godless unbelief to the whole israelite congregation but the remaining two caleb the son of jephunneh and joshua exhorted them to go and possess it and proclaimed that it was a land of promise clearly…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:29…limbs fell in the desert and they were all consumed except for caleb the son of jephunneh and joshua the son of nun who entered together with the new people and crossed the jordan and obtained…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:1249…see that they could not enter in because of unbelief except for caleb the son of jephunneh and joshua the son of nun six hundred thousand perished for such is how many thousands the scripture says…
34Num 14:34
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:331…shall be in the desert until the children have grown according to the number of the days in which they visited the land then all the explorers died except chaleb and jesus the son of nave…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:247…your journey until your bones be consumed in the wilderness according to the number of the days in which ye searched the land forty days and ye shall know my wrath for together with other things…
35Num 14:35
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:805…to this evil congregation which has risen against me in this desert they shall be consumed and there they shall die d…
37Num 14:37
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1109A…ein should be joined with auton, not with kataskopous, is evident both from the history itself, and from those things which follow.—L. 9. tōn antōn. See Num. xiv, 37. Furthermore it is necessary to know th…
38Num 14:38
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:351…led israel out by the hand of moses and aaron and jesus the son of nun and caleb the son of jephunneh both agreeing together settled the people when they were provoked by the ten and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:303…he also sent scouts one from each tribe among whom were joshua the son of nun and caleb the son of jephonne here also the synagogue of core rose up against moses and they were swallowed…