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Homilies on Leviticus, Homilia IX · §3

Two goats — lots for the Lord and for dismissal

Two goats: one lot for the Lord, one for Azazel. One is slain, one sent away. Both are Christ’s mystery.

Latin

Duos hircos; sors Domino et sors emissario. Alter immolatur, alter dimittitur. Utrumque mysterium Christi.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IX on Leviticus (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–11.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia IX. Barkley FOTC 83 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IX §§1–11 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia IX §§1–11)

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