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Homilies on Judges, Homilia IX · §2

Water-lapping test — three hundred

Those who lap water with the tongue — three hundred — a sacrament of number and sobriety. The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear?.

Latin

Qui lingua aquam lambunt trecenti — sacramentum numeri et sobrietatis. Dominus illuminatio mea — quem timebo?

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IX on Judges (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia IX. Modern FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IX §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) (Latin · Homilia IX §§1–3)

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