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Homilies on Joshua, Homilia XII · §2

Hamstring the horses

The Lord: Hamstring their horses and burn their chariots. Do not trust horses. Our hope is the Lord, not the age’s weapons.

Latin

Dominus: Equos eorum subnervabis et currus igne combures — ne confidas in equis. Spes nostra Dominus non arma saeculi.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XII on Joshua (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XII. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XII §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia XII §§1–3)

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