Trumpet day; Day of Atonement reprise; Tabernacles 13→7 calves puzzle
Cyril: The day of signification — trumpets — returns us to the last awakening. (Num 29:1; Joel 2:1)
The Day of Atonement is rehearsed again; then Tent-pitching with its descending count of calves from thirteen toward seven — pedagogy in numbers for a people being trained toward rest.
Palladius: Why the dwindling calves?
Cyril: That the mind may ascend from many toward the sabbath’s simplicity.
Greek
τρί. Δεκτοὶ γὰρ οὐχ ἑτέρως ἐσμὲν, πλὴν ὅτι διὰ μόνου Χριστοῦ.
{ΠΑΛΛ.} Ἄριστα ἔφης.
{ΚΥΡ.} Καὶ ταυτὶ μὲν ἡμῖν ὡς ἔν γε τοῖς Σάββασι καὶ νεομηνίαις τὰ ἱερουργούμενα· «Ἐν δέ γε μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ,» φησὶ, «μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς, ἐπίκλητος ἁγία ἔσται ὑμῖν. Πᾶν ἔργον λατρευτὸν οὐ ποιήσετε. Ἡμέρα σημασίας ἔσται ὑμῖν. Καὶ ποιήσετε ὁλοκαυτώματα εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας Κυρίῳ, μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν, καὶ κριὸν ἕνα, ἀμνοὺς ἐνιαυσίους ἑπτὰ ἀμώμους.» Καὶ τρία μὲν δέκατα σεμιδάλεως ἐπὶ τῷ μόσχῳ, δύο δὲ αὖ ἐπὶ τῷ κριῷ, καὶ ἓν ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἀμνῶν, ἀναλόγως ἑπομένων καὶ τῶν ἐπιχεομένων, ἐλαίου τέ φημι καὶ οἴνου. Ἐν ἡμίσει γὰρ δὴ τοῦ παρ' Ἑβραίοις ἲν, καὶ ἐν τρίτῳ τε καὶ ἐν τετάρτῳ ταυτί. Τίς δ' ἂν νοοῖτο τῆς ἑορτῆς ἡ δύναμις, ὑπέφηνεν εἰπών· «Ἡμέρα σημασίας ἔσται ὑμῖν.» Σημαίνει γὰρ ἡμῖν τὴν ἐσχάτην σάλπιγγα, τὴν διὰ τῆς ἀγγέλου φωνῆς, ὑφ' ᾗ δὴ πάντες ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις, καθάπερ ἤδη προείπομεν. Προστέταχε δὲ καὶ ἐν τῇ δεκάτῃ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς, καθ' ἢν ἡ νηστεία, τῶν σαρκικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, τὴν νέκρωσιν, καὶ τὴν ἐκ τῶν ἐπιγείων παθῶν ἀποφοίτησιν ἐφ' ἑαυτῇ καταγράφουσα, τὴν αὐτὴν θυσίαν ἀποπεραίνεσθαι δεῖν κατὰ τὸν ἴσον τῇ πρώτῃ τρόπον, καὶ ὅπως ἂν ἔχοι τῶν δρωμένων ἡ δύναμις κατά γε τὸν πρέποντα ταῖς θεωρίαις λόγον, διαρκῶς εἰρήκαμεν.
{ΠΑΛΛ.} Μεμνήσομαι.
{ΚΥΡ.} Θεσμοθετεῖ δὲ αὖ καὶ τίνες ἂν γένοιντο πρὸς ἡμῶν θυσίαι τῇ Σκηνοπηγίᾳ πρέπουσαι, καὶ φησί· «Καὶ τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ ἑβδόμου τοῦ ἐπικληθέντος ἁγία ἔσται ὑμῖν. Πᾶν ἔργον λατρευτὸν οὐ ποιήσετε. Καὶ ἑορτάσετε αὐτὴν ἑορτὴν Κυρίῳ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, καὶ προσάξετε ὁλοκαυτώματα κάρπωμα τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ μόσχους ἐκ βοῶν τρεῖς καὶ δέκα, κριοὺς δύο, ἀμνοὺς ἐνιαυσίους δεκατέσσαρας Ἄμωμοι ἔσονται. Αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν σεμίδαλις ἀναπεποιημένη ἐν ἐλαίῳ. Τρία δέκατα τῷ μόσχῳ τῷ ἑνὶ, ἐπὶ τοῖς τρισκαίδεκα μόσχοις, καὶ δύο δέκατα τῷ κριῷ τῷ ἑνὶ, ἐπὶ τοὺς δύο κριούς. Δέκατον δέκατον τῷ ἀμνῷ τῷ ἑνὶ, ἐπὶ τοὺς τέσσαρας καὶ δέκα ἀμνοὺς, καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας, πλὴν τῆς ὁλοκαυτώσεως τῆς διαπαντὸς, αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ σπονδαὶ αὐτῶν.» Εἶτα καθ' ἡμέραν ἑνὸς ὑπεξαιρομένου μόσχου, τὰ τῆς θυσίας ἐν ἴσῳ τρόπῳ τε καὶ μέτρῳ. Δύο γὰρ οἱ κριοὶ, καὶ ἀμνοὶ δεκατέσσαρες, καὶ χίμαρος εἷς. Καὶ γοῦν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ μόσχοι προσεκομίζοντο δύο καὶ δέκα· ἕνδεκα δὲ τῇ τρίτῃ, τῇ δὲ τετάρτῃ δέκα· καὶ ἐννέα τῇ πέμπτῃ, ὀκτὼ τῇ ἕκτῃ, καὶ ἑπτὰ κατὰ τὴν ἑβδόμην. Συνίης οὖν ὅτι καθ' ἑκάστην, ἡμέραν ὁ τῶν μόσχων ἀριθμὸς ἐν ὑφέσει μόνος, ἐν ἴσῳ γε μὴν ὅ τε τῶν κριῶν, καὶ μὲν καὶ ὁ τῶν ἀμνῶν τὰ τῆς σεμιδάλεως, καὶ τῶν ἐκχεομένων.
{ΠΑΛΛ.} Καὶ τί τὸ χρῆμα, ὦ τᾶν; ἀνθ' ὅτου δὲ δὴ μόσχοι μὲν ἐν ἀρχαῖς τρισκαίδεκα, ἐν ὑφέσει δὲ
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Cyril continues the dialogue with Palladius. Book 17 of a seventeen-book dialogue — the final book of the series.
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