Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XXVIII · §1

Boundaries of the holy land

On the description of the holy land and its bounds: the last history in Numbers — the Lord bids Moses give precepts so they know the bounds of their inheritance.

Latin

Quae sit terrae sanctae descriptio terminorumque eius. Ultima in Numeris historia: Dominus iubet Moysi praecepta dare ut sciant terminos hereditatis.

About this text

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

Witnesses

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

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