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Homilies on Numbers, Homilia XIV · §1

Balaam and the donkey — unfinished questions

Much remains on Balaam and his donkey. A timed church sermon cannot weigh every word; we return to what still needs inquiry.

Latin

Plura restant de Balaam et asina eius. Tractatus ecclesiae temporalis non omnia verba discutere potest; quae inquisitione digna repetimus.

About this text

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

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

Witnesses

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

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