Numbers 14:28
Say therefore to them: As I live, saith the Lord: According as you have spoken in my hearing, so will I do to you.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dic ergo eis : Vivo ego, ait Dominus : sicut locuti estis audiente me, sic faciam vobis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εἰπὸν αὐτοῖς Ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει Κύριος, εἰ μὴν ὃν τρόπον λελαλήκατε εἰς τὰ ὦτά μου, οὕτως ποιήσω ὑμῖν·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי אָ֨נִי֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה אִם לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם
The Fathers on this verse
Origen Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John, Chapter X
The Greeks have certain apothegms, called paradoxes, in which the wisdom of their sages is presented at its highest, and some proof, or what appears to be proof, is given. Thus it is said that the wise man alone, and that every wise man, is a priest, because the wise man alone and every wise man possesses knowledge as to the service of God. Again, that the wise man alone and that every wise man is free and has received from the divine law authority to do what he himself is minded to do, and this authority they call lawful power of decision. Why should we say more about these so-called paradoxes? Much discussion is devoted to them, and they call for a comparison of the sense of Scripture with the doctrine thus conveyed. so that we may be in a position to determine where religious doctrine agrees with them and where it differs from them. …