Where the Fathers quote Numbers 16
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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:861expounds v.29“ει κατα θανατον παντων ανθρωπων αποθανουνται ουτοι ει και κατ᾿ επισκεψιν παντων ανθρωπων επισκοπη εσται αυτων ουχι Κυριος απεσταλκε με·”168. Why the Apostle calls Christ’s death «death» but ours «sleep»
1Num 16:1
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:951A…usual in this sense. ekbasis tōn prorrhēseōn, II, 1557. engonos, grandson, properly, I, 448, 1530; II, 1312; III, 616; IV, 610, 618. But I, 556, son, from Num. xvi, 1, although in I Chron. vi, 18, 22, it is…
2Num 16:2
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:49B…inistering to the high priest: but the senior priests, as being superior and more sacred, were according to the law also adorned with the honor of the council [Num. XVI, 2]. Furthermore, those men of portents…
5Num 16:5
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1383A…TITLE XVI. — Concerning just, upright, and good men. Num. xvi, 5. — "God knows those who are his, and ha…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:15C…d by those seeking Him, from then on they lived in appearance as spouses, but in reality as brother and sister. O wonderful deed! "The Lord knows who are His" (Num. xvi, 5), and since they sought only God, He wa…
7Num 16:7
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:631…ark from which i shall be known to you from there and it shall be that the man whom i shall have chosen his rod shall bud and i shall take away from you the murmuring…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:673…before the testimony where i will be known to you there and it shall be that the man whom i choose his rod shall blossom and i will take away from me the murmuring of the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:859…upon them and set incense upon them before the lord tomorrow and it shall be that the man whom the lord chooses he is holy it is enough for you o sons of levi and moses…
9Num 16:9
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:859…to me o sons of levi is this a small thing for you that the god of israel has set you apart from the congregation of israel and has brought you near to himself to perform…
11Num 16:11
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1117…a the kings of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered together against the lord and against his christ and those kings indeed and rulers stood up and were gathered together against the lord…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:307…things the kings of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered together against the lord and against his christ to which he adds immediately after but i am set king by him upon sion…
OrigenesPG 16:577…things the kings of the earth stood by and the rulers were gathered together against the lord and against his christ let us tear asunder their bonds he shall hold them in derision diapsalma he shall…
13Num 16:13
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:839A…nt with your lot. "Doth it seem a small thing to you that you have brought us [out] of a land flowing with milk and honey, and have killed us in the desert?" ⟦Num. XVI, 13⟧ [Erroneously numbered XVI, 15 in text]…
15Num 16:15
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:43…ate remission; Theodotion, however, when he read םםםם, and did not know the meaning of this word, expressed it in Greek letters, םםםם, dador. But Numbers xvi, 15, םםם is read; and it signifies an ass, or, as the Vulgate…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:191D…nd Core had invaded the priesthood, thought it just that they be swallowed up by the earth, and that others be consumed, because they had offered strange fire (Num. XVI, 15 sqq.). David, too, that meek man, both…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:381…self had fallen from the right of the firstborn on account of his iniquitous deed. INTERR. XXXIII. What is the meaning of: "Ne attendas ad sacrificium eorum" [Num. XVI. 15]? The struggle was concerning the pries…
18Num 16:18
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1021…the two sons of aaron nadab and abihu each took his own censer and put fire in them and cast incense on them and they offered before the lord strange fire which the lord had not…
19Num 16:19
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:721…did to paul conceived in a loftier and spiritual sense and the glory of the lord appeared unto all the people etc ix for on the eighth day appeared the son who is the glory of…
21Num 16:21
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:839…was distinguishing those whom he approved separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation that i may consume them instantly etc he indicates that they are subject to death for it was difficult for them to…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1671C…the Philippian monk. 663. With Core, Dathan, and Abiron with the multitude of two hundred and fifty men against Moses: and they conspired, and it was broken, Num. xvi, 21, "and the earth opened its mouth and sw…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:351B…of the rich. TIT. XVII. — Concerning fellowship with evil men; and that one ought to flee the companies of the wicked as being agents of destruction. Num. xvi, 21, 22. — “Moses rose up and went to Datha…
22Num 16:22
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:487…presence of the congregation to the door of the tabernacle of testimony and they fell upon their faces and the glory of the lord appeared to them and the lord spoke to moses saying take the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:381B…e feet of the Judge, he cried out: "O God of the spirits and of all flesh, if one man has sinned, shall the wrath of the Lord be upon the whole congregation?" [Num. XVI. 22] But the most humane Lord, having heard…
27Num 16:27
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:661…and offerings given to god by all the people a both they and their wives and their sons and their daughters and because their work was the service of the tabernacle for this reason they received…
OrigenesPG 16:2325…and the sword and there shall be none to bury them they and their wives and their sons and their daughters and i will pour out upon them their evils and thou shalt speak this word…
28Num 16:28
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:447…them and they shall be spoils to those who served them and ye shall know that the lord almighty hath sent me the lord almighty himself in these words says that he has been sent and…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:919…said unto all the congregation of the children of israel at even ye shall know that the lord hath brought you out from the land of egypt and in the morning ye shall see the glory…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:935…nations shall flee unto the lord in that day and thou shalt know that the lord hath sent me unto thee from this he himself having been incarnate and become man confesses it saying i have…
31Num 16:31
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1379…ness and the definition of pride, to speak thus. Nyssenus understands, and hints at the punishment of Dathan, Core, and Abiron, which is narrated in Numbers XVI, 31, The earth was split under their feet. Col. 418. Append…
32Num 16:32
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:5B…eize that thing—having found a end worthy of their madness—while they make the very land of their synagogue a witness to their rashness. For Dathan and Abiron (Num. 16. 32), when with meretricious eyes they had…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:281B…th not only did not bear their weight, but it sank them more cruelly than the sea, when it opened and swallowed Dathan, and covered the congregation of Abiron (Num. 16. 32): and one might see many such miraculou…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:327…her caught away by the river and the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth and the serpent cast out…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:665…be carried away by the river and the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth and the dragon was angry…
33Num 16:33
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:215D…dwelt outside the camp (Num. XII, 4). Emulation led Dathan and Abiron alive to Hades, because they contended in sedition with Moses, the servant of God (Num. XVI, 33).…
39Num 16:39
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:339…ring to make an atonement for us before the lord and moses and eleazar the priest took the gold from them all the worked vessels and all the gold that was the separation c which they…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1135D…regarding such things, the Hebrews used the word for creation: to whom to perform anything new or unusual is called to create a creature (ktizein ktisma). So Num. 16:39: If Jehovah shall create a creation (c…
40Num 16:40
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:623…for a memorial of the children of israel that any stranger who is not of the seed of aaron might not approach to offer incense before the lord lest he fare as korah and his company…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:383…of sacred rites for he added this to be a memorial to the children of israel that no stranger who is not of the seed of aaron might approach to offer incense before the lord for…
41Num 16:41
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:625…it says the children of israel against moses and aaron saying you have killed the people of the lord and it came to pass when the synagogue rushed upon moses and aaron they fled in the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:915…spoke 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…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:449…they 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…
44Num 16:44
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:627B…Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: Get you out from the midst of this synagogue, and I will destroy them at once: and Moses and Aaron fell on their faces" (Num. xvi, 44, 45). In Sodom, indeed, when at least t…
45Num 16:45
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:839…was distinguishing those whom he approved separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation that i may consume them instantly etc he indicates that they are subject to death for it was difficult for them to…
46Num 16:46
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:627D…incense upon it, and go quickly to the congregation, and pray for them: for wrath is gone out from the Lord, and it hath already begun to afflict the people" (Num. xvi, 46). But since we have arrived at these pa…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1571…a king, does not wait for permission from a man so that anger may occur; but from the moment the wrong act occurs, it is set in motion. He says also to Aaron (Num. xvi, 46, 48): "Take the censer, and run into th…
48Num 16:48
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:629…be offered to god by him who had been appointed to stand between the dead and the living and those people were indeed saved then by a prefigured image but the very truth of salvation has…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:943…for just as formerly the people were dying and aaron came and stood between the dead and the living and stemmed the death among the rest so the true high priest having come between the dead…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:123…taking the censer and putting on the incense he stood he says between the dead and the living and the destruction ceased in this way also the blessed moses interposing himself entreated god when the israelites…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:951…type a aaron having taken the censer and placed incense upon it stood between the dead and the living and the plague ceased chosen to prefigure emmanuel clad in the vestments of the high priest and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1041…for just as formerly the people were dying and aaron came and stood between the dead and the living and stayed death from the rest so the true high priest stood between the dead and the…
Methodius Patriarch of Constantinople c. 788-847PG 100:1289…fire and incense and held it out against the fire and had stood between the dead and the living the plague immediately ceased for this veil having absorbed into itself certain holy odors from the touch…