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Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XVIII · §1

Balak’s anger; fourth prophecy

Fourth prophecy. Balak strikes his hands in anger: I called you to curse, and you have blessed; flee to your place.

Latin

Quarta prophetia. Balac iratus plaudit manibus: maledicere vocavi te et benedixisti. Fuge in locum tuum.

About this text

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

Witnesses

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

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