Numbers 6:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐλάλησεν Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר
The Fathers on this verse
St Methodius The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or Concerning Chastity, Chapter V
I will now endeavour to explain to you, O virgins, the rest of that which is prescribed; for this is attached to your duties, consisting of laws concerning virginity, which are useful as teaching how we should abstain, and how advance to virginity. For it is written thus: “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord; he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried, all the days of his separation.” And this means, that he who has devoted and offered himself to the Lord shall not take of the fruits of the plant of evil, because of its natural tendency to produce intoxication and distr …
St Jerome Against the Pelagians, Book I
Numbers vi. 1 . Offerings for the Nazarite.