Numbers 8:5
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et locutus 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 Cyprian The Epistles of Cyprian, Epistle LXXV
12. You have asked also, dearest son, what I thought of those who obtain God’s grace in sickness and weakness, whether they are to be accounted legitimate Christians, for that they are not to be washed, but sprinkled, with the saving water. In this point, my diffidence and modesty prejudges none, so as to prevent any from feeling what he thinks right, and from doing what he feels to be right. As far as my poor understanding conceives it, I think that the divine benefits can in no respect be mutilated and weakened; nor can anything less occur in that case, where, with full and entire faith both of the giver and receiver, is accepted what is drawn from the divine gifts. …