Homilies on Joshua, Homilia XXIV

Origen of Alexandria · c. 240–245 · Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) · Original English Translation

Contents3 passages

1Stone of witness under the oak
2Death of Jesus son of Nun
3Israel served while elders lived

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XXIV 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 XXIV. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XXIV §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

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

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.

Stone of witness under the oak§1

1 He set a stone under the oak in the sanctuary — the stone heard the words. Covenant memory.

Latin · §1

Statuit lapidem subter quercum in sanctuario — lapis audivit verba. Memoria foederis.

Death of Jesus son of Nun§2

2 Jesus son of Nun dies at one hundred ten — buried at Timnath-serah. The temporal leader passes; the eternal Jesus remains.

Latin · §2

Mortuus est Iesus filius Nave centum decem annorum — sepultus in Thamnathsare. Dux temporalis transit; Iesus aeternus manet.

Israel served while elders lived§3

3 Israel served the Lord all Jesus’ days and the elders’ who knew the Lord’s works. Experience confirms faith. Amen.

Latin · §3

Servivit Israel Domino cunctis diebus Iesu et seniorum qui noverunt opera Domini. Experientia confirmat fidem. Amen.

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