Gibeonites’ deceit and covenant
The Gibeonites craftily make a covenant with dry bread and burst wineskins — a lie from fear of death. Leaders swear; the people murmur. Yet the oath must be kept. They become woodcutters and water-carriers for the house of God.
Latin
Gabaonitae astu foedus ineunt panibus aridis utribus ruptis — mendacium metu mortis. Principes iurant; populus murmurat. Foedus tamen servandum — iurisiurandi religio. Fiunt lignarii aquarii — servi in domo Dei.
About this text
Origen’s Homilia IX 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 IX. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IX §§1–4 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia IX §§1–4)
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