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Homilies on Joshua, Homilia VIII · §1

Ai and the first reverse

We beg hearers not to chase the bare letter with unbelieving readers. After Jericho Jesus sends a few against Ai; they turn their backs. Sin is in the camp: Achan has stolen from the ban. Until it is purged, the people cannot stand before enemies.

Latin

Deprecamur auditores non cum Iudaeis litteram solam sectari. Post Hiericho Iesus mittit ad Gai — paucos; terga vertunt. Peccatum in castris: Achan de anathemate furatus. Donec purgetur, non stabit populus ante hostes.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia VIII on Joshua (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VIII. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VIII §§1–4 (closeout).

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  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia VIII §§1–4)

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