Where the Fathers quote Numbers 3
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3Num 3:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:523…for him and they shall slaughter the calf before the lord and the sons of aaron the priests shall offer the blood and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar which is at…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:535…slaughter it at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony and the sons of aaron the priests shall pour the blood upon the altar of the burnt offerings in a circle and they shall offer…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1801…Exodus xxix, 29, and you shall fill the hands of Aaron, and the Latin Vulgate in the same place, after you shall have initiated their hands; and Numbers iii, 3, whose hands they filled. Therefore the Latin Vulgate [re…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1013…for him and he shall kill the bullock before the lord and the sons of aaron the priests shall bring the blood and shall sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1025…before the lord by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony and the sons of aaron the priests shall pour out the blood upon the altar of burnt offerings round about and they shall bring of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:865…it into its members and the sons of aaron the priests shall place them a upon the altar and they shall heap wood upon the fire and the sons…
4Num 3:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:507…the lord spoke to moses after the two sons of aaron died when they offered strange fire before the lord and the lord said to moses speak to aaron thy brother that he enter not at…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:619…the lord spoke to moses after the two sons of aaron died when they offered strange fire before the lord and they died and the lord said to moses speak to aaron thy brother and let…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:691A…ls: "Perish shall everyone who shall have added strange fire to the altar of God" (Levit. X, 1), as is sufficiently clear from the examples of Nadab and Abiud (Num. III, 4). Moreover, it is not within human stre…
8Num 3:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:967…what is added after these things and they added it says those of the children of israel to do evil in the sight of the lord and aioth is dead truly there is preserved in these…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1813…womb he is indeed said to have turned many john turned many of the children of israel to the lord their god according to the voice of the angel but our lord jesus christ enlightened all…
10Num 3:10
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:605…perpetual covenant from the children of israel and it shall be for aaron and his sons and they shall eat them in a holy place for this is most holy to them from the offerings made…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:677…the children of israel an everlasting covenant and they shall be for aaron and his sons and they shall eat them in a holy place for they are holy of holies this is for him from…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:681…eyes of the body represent but they shall be he says for aaron and his sons and they shall eat them for the writings of the holy apostles are set forth to us for food to…
12Num 3:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:593…for ever and ever amen h homily iii concerning what is written i have taken the levites from among the children of israel for every firstborn that opens the womb among the children of israel and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:595…for the firstborn than to be born a firstborn behold he says i have taken the levites from the midst of the children of israel state it simply i have taken the levites from the children…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:597…how sinners err from the womb, and how those who open the womb are sanctified in the order of the firstborn. “And the Levites shall be mine,” He says (Num. III, 12, 13); “for every firstborn is mine: from the day that I str…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1161…in numbers word for word and the lord spoke to moses saying behold i have taken the levites from the midst of the children of israel for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:775…to them it speaks therefore in numbers b in this manner take the levites from among the children of israel and you shall purify them and thus you shall perform their purification you shall sprinkle upon…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:43…the divine scripture accepts him wherefore god says somewhere to moses and behold i have taken the levites from among the children of israel they are given as a gift to me wherefore the discourse does…
13Num 3:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:593…redemption and they shall be mine the levites for every firstborn is mine for on the day that i struck every firstborn in the land of egypt i sanctified to myself every firstborn of israel from…
14Num 3:14
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:847…and in the book of god and the lord spoke he says unto moses in the wilderness of sinai saying count the sons of levi by the houses of their families by their tribes by their…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:221…sign of release shall be unto you c and the lord spoke unto moses in the wilderness of sinai in the second year after they were come out of the land of egypt in the first…
15Num 3:15
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:315…number the sons of levi by their fathers houses by their kindreds by their families every male from a month old and upward you shall number and moses and aaron numbered them at the word of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:347…levi and their total at their census was three and twenty thousand every male from a month old and upward for they were not numbered among the sons of israel because there was no lot given…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:847…by the houses of their families by their tribes by their kindreds every male from a month old and upward you shall count them and moses and aaron counted them by the voice of the lord…
16Num 3:16
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:2017…is laid to the root of the trees and jeremiah similarly says the word of the lord as an axe cutting stone this then hidden from us the economy of the wood has made manifest as…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:717…shall approach shall die as the lord commanded them another according to the word of the lord as the lord commanded moses the inspection another the number and the sons of gerson behind another and these…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:271…crowed but the lord turned and looked upon peter and peter remembered the word of the lord as he had said to him before the cock crows you will deny me thrice and going out he…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:189…them just as also upon us in the beginning and i remembered the word of the lord as he said john indeed baptized with water but you shall be baptized in the holy spirit if therefore…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1085…crowed and the lord having turned looked upon peter and peter remembered the word of the lord as he had said to him that 'before the cock crows you will deny me thrice '…
17Num 3:17
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:847…by the voice of the lord as the lord had commanded them and these were the sons of levi by their names gedson caath and merari these are the names of the sons of gedson by…
20Num 3:20
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:849…sons of caath by their tribes amram and issaar chebron and oziel and the sons of merari by their tribes mooli and musi these are the families of the levites by the houses of their fathers…
22Num 3:22
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:565…week remaining the first of all the days is called the eighth according to the number of all the days of the cycle and yet remains the first a but furthermore the fact that the twelve…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:401…about contrary results and it was not cut into one part but according to the number of all the tribes and at each of the signs he remembers mercy because this was especially the object of…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:165…was not cut to one side with the waves rising up but according to the number of all the tribes for in each of the signs this was especially aimed at by god so that since…
24Num 3:24
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1393…wed Hervetus, who [wrote]: "Which carried itself upon timbers," showing that he had read it erroneously, as M. has it: ἐπὶ ξύλων ἀναφέρων, [but] in Numbers III, 24 it is written: Καὶ ἦραν αὐτὸν ἐπ' ἀναφορέων (And they car…
25Num 3:25
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:447…text two hands towards the south of the north its head covering for the door of the tabernacle vulgata latina two insets to the south to the north upwards covering for the door of the tabernacle…
26Num 3:26
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:719…of meeting and the curtains of the court and the covering of the door of the court which is over the tabernacle covering samar tent these are the visited that which hangs before the doors the…
28Num 3:28
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1571A…ilies had so very few children. Thus, for Kohath, in Num. I, 27, four sons are attributed, future leaders of an equal number of people, and in the same family, Num. III, 28, 8,600 males are numbered, while in the…
31Num 3:31
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3889…o maiden as the jar possessing the manna of the godhead as the ark and the table and the lampstand the throne of god and the palace and the bridge leading to divine life for those…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:201…wings and overshadowing the mercy seat from above likewise also the veil and the table and the candlestick and the courts of the tabernacle that is to say the first coverings and the hair cloth coverings…
Joseph the Hymnographer c. 816–886PG 105:1257…known thee o maiden as the urn containing the manna of divinity the ark and the table and the lampstand and the throne of god and the palace and the bridge leading those who sing to…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:1343…of witness and placed the capital upon it and the covering and the ark and the table and the lampstand and the golden censer and moses finished all the works and the cloud covered the tabernacle…
34Num 3:34
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:565…week remaining the first of all the days is called the eighth according to the number of all the days of the cycle and yet remains the first a but furthermore the fact that the twelve…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:401…about contrary results and it was not cut into one part but according to the number of all the tribes and at each of the signs he remembers mercy because this was especially the object of…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:165…was not cut to one side with the waves rising up but according to the number of all the tribes for in each of the signs this was especially aimed at by god so that since…
40Num 3:40
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1161…and consider every firstborn of the children of israel from one month and upward and take the number of them by name and you shall take the levites for me in place of all the firstborn…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:317…a number every firstborn male of the sons of israel from a month old and upward and take their number by name and you shall take the levites for me i am…
41Num 3:41
Pope Fabian d. 250 (pope 236-250)PG 10:191…spoke to moses take the levites for the firstborn of the sons of israel and the cattle of the levites for their cattle and the levites shall be mine i am the lord if the lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:317…old and upward and take their number by name and you shall take the levites for me i am the lord instead of all the firstborn of the sons of israel and the cattle of the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:235…plague upon the cattle for pharaoh saw he says that of all the cattle of the children of israel there had not one died and the heart of pharaoh was weighed down and he did not…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:233…this word and all the cattle of the egyptians died but of the cattle of the children of israel not even one died the heart of pharaoh was therefore hardened and he did not send away…
45Num 3:45
Pope Fabian d. 250 (pope 236-250)PG 10:191…spoke to moses take the levites for the firstborn of the sons of israel and the cattle of the levites for their cattle and the levites shall be mine i am the lord if the lord…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:593…to myself every firstborn of israel from man even to beast it shall be mine i am the lord the levites are taken for the firstborn although they are not the firstborn for levi is the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:317…i am the lord instead of all the firstborn of the sons of israel and the cattle of the levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of israel and moses numbered…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:799…vessels and what is stored in them the divine indwelling in us and the levites shall be mine and i am the lord of them etc i will make the fortunate ones prompt and industrious in…
46Num 3:46
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1387…who serve the lord are titled by this admirable and sacred number the firstborn of the children of israel furthermore concerning these and other numbers which our author mentions and their mystical and allegorical signification many…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1705…the levites were found to be twenty two thousand in number but the firstborn of the children of israel twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three homilia v on that which is written do not…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1161…exchange says the lord spoke to moses saying inspect and consider every firstborn of the children of israel from one month and upward and take the number of them by name and you shall take the…
47Num 3:47
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1125B…ed at four Attic drachmae, or half an ounce; but the profane at two drachmae, and the holy shekel indeed as a tetradrachm, which they argue from Exod. xxx, 13; Num. III, 47, and six hundred other passages of Scri…
50Num 3:50
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1387…who serve the lord are titled by this admirable and sacred number the firstborn of the children of israel furthermore concerning these and other numbers which our author mentions and their mystical and allegorical signification many…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1705…the levites were found to be twenty two thousand in number but the firstborn of the children of israel twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three homilia v on that which is written do not…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1161…exchange says the lord spoke to moses saying inspect and consider every firstborn of the children of israel from one month and upward and take the number of them by name and you shall take the…
51Num 3:51
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:2017…is laid to the root of the trees and jeremiah similarly says the word of the lord as an axe cutting stone this then hidden from us the economy of the wood has made manifest as…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:717…shall approach shall die as the lord commanded them another according to the word of the lord as the lord commanded moses the inspection another the number and the sons of gerson behind another and these…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:315…and upward you shall number and moses and aaron numbered them at the word of the lord as the lord commanded them and when this registration by families and fathers houses had been made he immediately…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:233…the altar and the table and the lampstand from the temple by the word of the lord as the city was now about to be taken he hid them in an unknown place and they have…