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Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XVI · §3

Blessing that cannot be reversed

He has blessed, and I will not reverse it. No spell against Jacob; the Lord his God is with him. Glory to Christ forever. Amen.

Latin

Benedixit et non avertam. Non est contra in Iacob; Dominus Deus eius cum eo. Gloria Christo in saecula. Amen.

About this text

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

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

Witnesses

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

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