Where the Fathers quote Numbers 22

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:929…. Notes and various readings for Chapter XXXIV of Deuteronomy: — chelōnia (lips). — Ibid. The others, "his jaw." Thus the Basilian [manuscript]. — V. 8. See Num. 22:1. — V. 9. Hokhmah (wisdom). The Septua… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:397…israel encamped on the west of moab by the jordan near jericho and balak the son of zippor saw all that israel had done to the amorite and moab feared the people greatly because they were… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1381…d Sihon King of the Amorites in Numbers xxi, 21, but that regarding a people terrified by the Israelites is peculiarly held regarding the Moabites in Numbers xxii, 3. "And Moab feared the people greatly" (Καὶ ἐφοβήθη Μωάβ τὸν… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:397…israel had done to the amorite and moab feared the people greatly because they were many and moab was grieved because of the children of israel b and what then was the wicked deed that befell… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:377…licks up the grass on the green plains so shall this people lick up all that are round about them by which as we have received from those before us it is said to be signified… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:671…and moab said to the elders of madian now this company will lick up all that are round about us as an ox licks up the grass of the field the master therefore who had believed… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:909A…n asleep before us are fighting with us and are aiding us with their prayers. For I once heard one of the elder teachers saying on that passage in Numbers (Num. xxii, 4) where it is written that that synagog… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:395C…ore, what Balaam says, who had learned not from the prophets, nor from Moses, but from the things themselves: "This is the nation that licks up all the earth" (Num. 22:4). Did you see the properly spoken metap… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:673…knows how to bless but at length the legates come to balaam the elders of moab and the elders of midian therefore came he says and divinations in their hands in those arts of divination which… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1381…ught counsel from birds, and so much so that he learned things unknown to others from the braying of an ass: whose voice, etc. To be sure, we read in Numbers xxii, 7, in the LXX: "And the senate of Moab went, and the divinati… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1347…says Balaam carried the prophecies in his hands, or at least ta manteia dia cheiros echein ("to have the divinations in his hand"), when we read in Numbers xxii, 7: Eporeuthē gerousia, kai ta manteia en tais chersin autōn… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:673…are these men who have come to you and balaam said to god balak the son of zippor king of moab has sent them to me saying behold a people has come out of egypt and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:629…the face of moab c furthermore the things concerning balak who was the son of zippor king of moab wishing to destroy israel through a curse he sent to balaam son of beor of pethor the… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:653…a blessing not so he says is your divination not so for balak the son of zippor king of the moabites sent for balaam the seer in whose hands the divinations were and said curse this… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:777C…Moabites for the sake of the greatest gifts, could not be moved to utter a voice contrary to the will of God, or to curse Israel, whom the Lord does not curse (Num. XXII, 11 sqq.). If, therefore, the phantasms whi… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:673…god said to balaam do not go with them neither shall you curse the people for they are blessed a higher question arises from this and i do not know if it is fitting to uncover… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:881D…e of falsehood; and he who accused the truth was found, against his will, to be an advocate of the truth. For God, who compelled the tongue of the seer Balaam (Num. xxii, 12 seqq.), which was prepared to curse, to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:389…invoked but he whom balaam did not know for god he says came to balaam and said to him 'what do these men with you ' it is not because he was ignorant of the reason… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:861…and that his tongue could not respond to his mind but god came to balaam and said to him this signifies the coming of an angel just as scripture is accustomed to signify angels in the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:711…your messengers whom you sent to me d saying if balach should give me his house full of silver and gold i shall not be able to transgress the word of the lord to do that… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1347…uline passage in Contra Julianum i, from 2 Corinthians iv: "the god of this world." In the same vein, he offers the following passage about Balaam, Numbers xxii, 18. Basil, Epistle 80: "But also Balaam, being a sort of aug… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:441…to your messengers whom you sent to me saying if balac gave me his house full of silver and gold i could not pass over the word of the lord to do it good or evil… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:429B…ared more than men. Exod. i, 17. — « The midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, and they saved the male infants alive. » Num. xxii, 18, 19. — « Balaam answered and said to th… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:409C…r. iv, 4. Verse 3, ou dynasthe. Luke xvi, 13. Verse 4, en tē a'. Paraleip. I Paral. xi, 1. Verse 20, hēmeis de ouk exeleusesthe. Exod. xii, 22. Verse 32, Num. xxii, 20. Verse 33, orgisthenai. Num. xxii, 22… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:715…of god stood in the way to oppose him and he himself was riding upon his ass and his two servants were with him and the ass seeing the angel of god standing in the way… OrigenesPG 16:295A…ls of God," and so also Deut. xxxii, 43. Ibid. , "and Satan," etc. The reading of Aquila and Theodotion is in Drusius and the mss. Aquila renders Satan in Num. xxii, 22. V. 8. Thus one Reg[ius] and the silk C… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:383B…λ. F. εὐδιάβλητα. [in this same page, ver. 24, it is read] but also ἐν διάβ. is correct, as on page. Ver. 22, below: with one voice Gregorius, and others (Num. XXII, 22; Psal. CVIII, 28, Theophylact, Oecumen.… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:409C…vi, 13. Verse 4, en tē a'. Paraleip. I Paral. xi, 1. Verse 20, hēmeis de ouk exeleusesthe. Exod. xii, 22. Verse 32, Num. xxii, 20. Verse 33, orgisthenai. Num. xxii, 22. Verse 7, near the end, en tais kardia… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:715…servants were with him and the ass seeing the angel of god standing in the way and his sword drawn in his hand the ass turned aside from the way and went into the field and… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:59…and having looked up he sees a man standing over against him and his sword drawn in his hand and jesus approaching said art thou for us or for our adversaries and he said to him… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1075…he lifted up his eyes and saw a man standing against him and his sword drawn in his hand and joshua went up to him and said art thou for us or for our adversaries and… Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1583A…at is pleasing to God. And this he accomplishes by providence; he says, however, to Balaam, "Because if the ass had not turned aside, I would have slain you," (Num. XXII, 23) "but I would have preserved the ass."… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:529…broughtest out of the land of egypt have transgressed they have quickly turned aside out of the way which thou commandedst them they have made them a molten calf and have worshipped it and have sacrificed… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1011…disappeared on that very day he saw a man standing against him and his sword drawn in his hand after faith in christ has been conceived there remains the struggle with the enemies and therefore it… Michael Choniates c. 1138–c. 1222PG 140:357…bound by two chains by sleep and by the bonds of nature but the angel of the lord stood by you as he did by him in the night and immediately those chains fell from you… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:413D…r syllogisms. And just as the ass of Balaam once suffered, being unable to incline to the right or to the left, because of the angel that stood against it (Num. 22:26): so it happened to Jewish wickedness,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:755…the prince of the Persians for the liberty of the people (Dan. 10:13). Of their number is he who struck the she-ass and repressed Balaam from his insane fury (Num. 22:27); and because that prophet did not unde… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:715…servants were with him and the ass seeing the angel of god standing in the way and his sword drawn in his hand the ass turned aside from the way and went into the field and… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:59…and having looked up he sees a man standing over against him and his sword drawn in his hand and jesus approaching said art thou for us or for our adversaries and he said to him… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1075…he lifted up his eyes and saw a man standing against him and his sword drawn in his hand and joshua went up to him and said art thou for us or for our adversaries and… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1011…disappeared on that very day he saw a man standing against him and his sword drawn in his hand after faith in christ has been conceived there remains the struggle with the enemies and therefore it… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:715…forth to oppose you because your way is not straight before me and the ass saw me and turned aside from me these three times and if she had not turned aside from me b now… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:715…the angel of god said to balaam go with the men nevertheless the word that i shall speak to you this you shall keep to speak for observe that it is the angel who says the… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:863…spoken to him wherefore the vision of the angel was necessary he brought him up into the high places of baal the place of impious sacrifices is destined for machinations against israel as an argument for…