Leviticus 21:19
If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- si fracto pede, si manu,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἄνθρωπος ᾧ ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῷ σύντριμμα χειρὸς ἢ σύντριμμα ποδός,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- א֣וֹ אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶ֥ה ב֖וֹ שֶׁ֣בֶר רָ֑גֶל א֖וֹ שֶׁ֥בֶר יָֽד
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, To Nepotian
10. Many build churches nowadays; their walls and pillars of glowing marble, their ceilings glittering with gold, their altars studded with jewels. Yet to the choice of Christ’s ministers no heed is paid. And let no one allege against me the wealth of the temple in Judæa, its table, its lamps, its censers, its dishes, its cups, its spoons, and the rest of its golden vessels. If these were approved by the Lord it was at a time when the priests had to offer victims and when the blood of sheep was the redemption of sins. They were figures typifying things still future and were “written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come.” But now our Lord by His poverty has consecrated the poverty of His house. Let us, therefore, think of His cross and count riches to be but dirt. …