Joshua · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Joshua 24 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ собра̀ і҆исꙋ́съ всѧ̑ племена̀ і҆и҃лєва въ сѷхе́мъ, и҆ созва̀ старѣ̑йшины і҆и҃лєвы и҆ кнѧ̑зи и҆́хъ, и҆ сꙋдїи̑ и҆́хъ и҆ книгѡ́чїѧ и҆́хъ, и҆ ста́ша пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ бг҃омъ.
1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 И҆ речѐ і҆исꙋ́съ ко всѣ̑мъ лю́демъ, глаго́лѧ: сїѧ̑ гл҃етъ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ і҆и҃левъ: ѡ҆б̾ ѻ҆нꙋ̀ странꙋ̀ рѣкѝ жи́ша ѻ҆тцы̀ ва́ши и҆спе́рва, ѳа́ра ѻ҆те́цъ а҆враа́мовъ и҆ ѻ҆те́цъ нахѡ́ровъ, и҆ слꙋжи́ша богѡ́мъ и҆ны̑мъ:
2 Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods.
3 и҆ поѧ́хъ ѻ҆тца̀ ва́шего а҆враа́ма ѿ ѡ҆б̾ ѻ҆нꙋ̀ странꙋ̀ рѣкѝ, и҆ води́хъ є҆го̀ во все́й землѝ ханаа́нстѣй: и҆ ᲂу҆мно́жихъ сѣ́мѧ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ да́хъ є҆мꙋ̀ і҆саа́ка:
3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac.
4 і҆саа́кꙋ же да́хъ і҆а́кѡва и҆ и҆са́ѵа, и҆ да́хъ и҆са́ѵꙋ го́рꙋ сиі́ръ наслѣ́дїе є҆мꙋ̀: і҆а́кѡвъ же и҆ сы́нове є҆гѡ̀ снидо́ша во є҆гѵ́петъ, и҆ бы́ша та́мѡ въ ꙗ҆зы́къ вели́къ и҆ крѣ́покъ и҆ мно́гъ, и҆ ѡ҆ѕло́биша и҆̀хъ є҆гѵ́птѧне:
4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 и҆ посла́хъ мѡѷсе́а и҆ а҆арѡ́на, и҆ порази́хъ є҆гѵ́пта во зна́менїихъ, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́хъ въ ни́хъ, и҆ по се́мъ и҆зведо́хъ ва́съ,
5 “‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 и҆ и҆зведо́хъ ѻ҆тцы̀ ва́шѧ и҆з̾ є҆гѵ́пта, и҆ внидо́сте въ мо́ре чермно́е: и҆ погна́ша є҆гѵ́птѧне в̾слѣ́дъ ѻ҆тє́цъ ва́шихъ на колесни́цахъ и҆ на ко́нехъ въ мо́ре чермно́е:
6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
7 и҆ возопи́хомъ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ, и҆ дадѐ ѡ҆́блакъ и҆ мглꙋ̀ междꙋ̀ на́ми и҆ междꙋ̀ є҆гѵ̑птѧны, и҆ наведѐ на ни́хъ мо́ре, и҆ покры̀ и҆̀хъ: и҆ ви́дѣша ѻ҆чеса̀ ва̑ша, є҆ли̑ка сотворѝ гдⷭ҇ь въ землѝ є҆гѵ́петстѣй: и҆ бы́сте въ пꙋсты́ни дни̑ мнѡ́ги:
7 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.
8 и҆ приведѐ ва́съ въ зе́млю а҆морре́ѡвъ живꙋ́щихъ ѡ҆б̾ ѻ҆нꙋ̀ странꙋ̀ і҆ѻрда́на, и҆ ѡ҆полчи́шасѧ на вы̀: и҆ предадѐ ѧ҆̀ гдⷭ҇ь въ рꙋ́ки ва́шѧ, и҆ наслѣ́дисте зе́млю и҆́хъ, и҆ потреби́сте и҆̀хъ ѿ лица̀ ва́шегѡ:
8 “‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you.
9 и҆ воста̀ вала́къ сы́нъ сепфѡ́ровъ, ца́рь мѡа́вль, и҆ ѡ҆полчи́сѧ проти́вꙋ і҆и҃лѧ, и҆ посла́въ призва̀ валаа́ма сы́на веѡ́рова клѧ́ти ва́съ:
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
10 и҆ не восхотѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ погꙋби́ти тѧ̀, но блгⷭ҇ве́нїемъ блгⷭ҇вѝ ва́съ и҆ и҆зба́ви ва́съ ѿ рꙋ́къ и҆́хъ:
10 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
11 и҆ преидо́сте і҆ѻрда́нъ и҆ прїидо́сте во і҆ерїхѡ́нъ, и҆ би́шасѧ съ ва́ми живꙋ́щїи во і҆ерїхѡ́нѣ, а҆морре́й и҆ ферезе́й, и҆ ханане́й и҆ хетте́й, и҆ гергесе́й и҆ є҆ѵе́й и҆ і҆евꙋсе́й, и҆ предадѐ и҆̀хъ гдⷭ҇ь въ рꙋ́ки ва́шѧ:
11 “‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
12 и҆ посла̀ пред̾ ва́ми шє́ршни, и҆ и҆згна̀ ѿ лица̀ ва́шегѡ два̀ царѧ̑ а҆моррє́йска, не ѻ҆рꙋ́жїемъ твои́мъ, нижѐ лꙋ́комъ твои́мъ,
12 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
13 и҆ дадѐ ва́мъ зе́млю, ѡ҆ не́йже не трꙋди́стесѧ на не́й, и҆ гра́ды, и҆́хже не созда́сте, и҆ пожи́сте въ ни́хъ, и҆ вїногра́ды и҆ ма́сличїе, и҆́хже не насади́сте вы̀, ꙗ҆до́сте:
13 I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’
14 и҆ нн҃ѣ ᲂу҆бо́йтесѧ гдⷭ҇а, и҆ послꙋжи́те є҆мꙋ̀ въ пра́вдѣ и҆ правотѣ̀: и҆ ѿве́ржите бо́ги чꙋжды̑ѧ, и҆̀мже слꙋжи́ша ѻ҆тцы̀ ва́ши ѡ҆б̾ ѻ҆нꙋ̀ странꙋ̀ рѣкѝ и҆ во є҆гѵ́птѣ, и҆ слꙋжи́те гдⷭ҇еви:
14 “Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.
15 а҆́ще же не ᲂу҆го́дно ва́мъ слꙋжи́ти гдⷭ҇еви, и҆збери́те са́ми себѣ̀ дне́сь, комꙋ̀ послꙋ́жите, и҆лѝ богѡ́мъ ѻ҆тє́цъ ва́шихъ, и҆̀же бы́ша ѡ҆б̾ ѻ҆нꙋ̀ странꙋ̀ рѣкѝ, и҆лѝ богѡ́мъ а҆моррє́йскимъ, въ ни́хже вы̀ живе́те на землѝ и҆́хъ: а҆́зъ же и҆ до́мъ мо́й слꙋжи́ти бꙋ́демъ гдⷭ҇еви, ꙗ҆́кѡ ст҃ъ є҆́сть.
15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
16 И҆ ѿвѣща́вше лю́дїе, рѣ́ша: не бꙋ́ди на́мъ ѡ҆ста́вити гдⷭ҇а, є҆́же слꙋжи́ти богѡ́мъ и҆ны̑мъ:
16 The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
17 гдⷭ҇ь бо бг҃ъ на́шъ то́й бг҃ъ є҆́сть, то́й и҆зведѐ на́съ и҆ ѻ҆тцы̀ на́шы ѿ землѝ є҆гѵ́петскїѧ, ѿ до́мꙋ рабо́ты, и҆́же сотворѝ пред̾ ѻ҆чи́ма на́шима зна́мєнїѧ вє́лїѧ, и҆ сохранѝ на́съ во все́мъ пꙋтѝ, по немꙋ́же и҆до́хомъ, и҆ во всѣ́хъ ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ, и҆́хже сквозѣ̀ проидо́хомъ:
17 for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed.
18 и҆ и҆згна̀ гдⷭ҇ь всѧ̑ ꙗ҆зы́ки и҆ а҆морре́а живꙋ́щаго на землѝ ѿ лица̀ на́шегѡ: но и҆ мы̀ послꙋ́жимъ гдⷭ҇еви, се́й бо є҆́сть бг҃ъ на́шъ.
18 Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.”
19 И҆ речѐ і҆исꙋ́съ къ лю́демъ: не возмо́жете слꙋжи́ти гдⷭ҇еви бг҃ꙋ, ꙗ҆́кѡ бг҃ъ ст҃ъ є҆́сть и҆ ревни́тель се́й: не ѡ҆ста́витъ грѣ̑хъ ва́шихъ и҆ беззако́нїй ва́шихъ:
19 Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
20 є҆гда̀ ѡ҆ста́вите гдⷭ҇а и҆ послꙋ́жите богѡ́мъ чꙋжди̑мъ, и҆ прише́дъ ѡ҆ѕло́битъ ва́съ и҆ потреби́тъ ва́съ, вмѣ́стѡ є҆́же бла́го сотворѝ ва́мъ.
20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”
21 И҆ реко́ша лю́дїе ко і҆исꙋ́сꙋ: нѝ, но гдⷭ҇еви послꙋ́жимъ.
21 The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.”
22 И҆ речѐ і҆исꙋ́съ къ лю́демъ: свидѣ̑тели вы̀ са́ми на сѧ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ вы̀ и҆збра́сте слꙋжи́ти гдⷭ҇еви самомꙋ̀. И҆ реко́ша: свидѣ̑тели мы̀.
22 Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”
23 И҆ нн҃ѣ ѿве́ржите бо́ги чꙋжды̑ѧ, и҆̀же сꙋ́ть въ ва́съ, и҆ и҆спра́вите сердца̀ ва̑ша ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ бг҃ꙋ і҆и҃левꙋ.
23 “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
24 И҆ реко́ша лю́дїе ко і҆исꙋ́сꙋ: гдⷭ҇еви бг҃ꙋ на́шемꙋ послꙋ́жимъ, и҆ гла́са є҆гѡ̀ послꙋ́шаемъ.
24 The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
25 И҆ завѣща̀ і҆исꙋ́съ завѣ́тъ къ лю́демъ въ де́нь ѡ҆́нъ, и҆ дадѐ и҆̀мъ зако́нъ и҆ сꙋ́дъ въ сѷхе́мѣ, пред̾ ски́нїею гдⷭ҇а бг҃а і҆и҃лева.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 И҆ вписа̀ і҆исꙋ́съ словеса̀ сїѧ̑ въ кни́гꙋ зако́на бж҃їѧ: и҆ взѧ̀ ка́мень ве́лїй, и҆ поста́ви є҆го̀ под̾ тереві́нѳомъ, и҆́же є҆́сть пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ.
26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
27 И҆ речѐ і҆исꙋ́съ къ лю́демъ: сѐ, ка́мень се́й бꙋ́детъ ва́мъ во свидѣ́нїе: ꙗ҆́кѡ се́й слы́ша всѧ̑ гл҃гѡ́ланнаѧ ѿ гдⷭ҇а, є҆ли̑ка гл҃а къ ва́мъ дне́сь, и҆ се́й бꙋ́детъ ва́мъ во свидѣ́нїе въ послѣ̑днїѧ дни̑, є҆гда̀ солже́те гдⷭ҇еви бг҃ꙋ ва́шемꙋ.
27 Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
28 И҆ ѿпꙋстѝ і҆исꙋ́съ лю́ди, коего́ждо въ мѣста̀ своѧ̑.
28 So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
29 И҆ послꙋжѝ і҆и҃ль гдⷭ҇еви во всѧ̑ дни̑ і҆исꙋ́сѡвы и҆ во всѧ̑ дни̑ ста́рцєвъ, и҆̀же препроводи́ша вре́мѧ со і҆исꙋ́сомъ и҆ и҆̀же ви́дѣша всѧ̑ дѣла̀ гдⷭ҇нѧ, є҆ли̑ка сотворѝ і҆и҃лю.
29 After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
30 И҆ бы́сть по си́хъ, и҆ ᲂу҆́мре і҆исꙋ́съ сы́нъ наѵи́нъ ра́бъ гдⷭ҇ень, (пожи́въ) сто̀ и҆ де́сѧть лѣ́тъ.
30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
31 И҆ погребо́ша є҆го̀ въ предѣ́лѣхъ жре́бїѧ є҆гѡ̀ во ѳамнасаха́рѣ, въ горѣ̀ є҆фре́мли, ѿ сѣ́вера горы̀ гаа́совы, и҆ положи́ша та́мѡ съ ни́мъ во гро́бѣ, въ не́мже погребо́ша є҆го̀, ножы̀ ка́мєнныѧ, и҆́миже ѡ҆брѣ́за сы́ны і҆и҃лєвы въ галга́лѣхъ (і҆исꙋ́съ), є҆гда̀ и҆зведѐ и҆̀хъ и҆з̾ є҆гѵ́пта, ꙗ҆́коже повелѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь: и҆ та́мѡ сꙋ́ть да́же до днѐ сегѡ̀.
31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
32 И҆ кѡ́сти і҆ѡ́сифѡвы и҆знесо́ша сы́нове і҆и҃лєвы и҆з̾ є҆гѵ́пта и҆ закопа́ша и҆̀хъ въ сѷхе́мѣхъ, въ ча́сти села̀, є҆́же притѧжа̀ і҆а́кѡвъ ѿ а҆моррє́й живꙋ́щихъ въ сѷхе́мѣхъ сто́мъ а҆́гницъ, и҆ дадѐ ю҆̀ і҆ѡ́сифꙋ въ ча́сть.
32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33 И҆ бы́сть по си́хъ, и҆ є҆леаза́ръ сы́нъ а҆арѡ́новъ а҆рхїере́й сконча́сѧ: и҆ погребе́нъ бы́сть въ гаваа́ѳѣ фїнее́са сы́на своегѡ̀, є҆го́же дадѐ є҆мꙋ̀ въ горѣ̀ є҆фре́мовѣ.
33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
34 Въ то́й де́нь взе́мше сы́нове і҆и҃лєвы кївѡ́тъ бж҃їй, ѡ҆бноша́хꙋ съ собо́ю: и҆ фїнее́съ жре́чествова вмѣ́стѡ є҆леаза́ра ѻ҆тца̀ своегѡ̀, до́ндеже ᲂу҆́мре и҆ погребе́сѧ въ гаваа́ѳѣ свое́мъ.
34 Not in this translation
35 Сы́нове же і҆и҃лєвы ѿидо́ша кі́йждо въ мѣ́сто своѐ и҆ въ сво́й гра́дъ.
35 Not in this translation
36 И҆ почита́хꙋ сы́нове і҆и҃лєвы а҆ста́ртꙋ и҆ а҆старѡ́ѳа и҆ бо́ги ꙗ҆зы́кѡвъ сꙋ́щихъ ѡ҆́крестъ и҆́хъ. И҆ предадѐ и҆̀хъ гдⷭ҇ь въ рꙋ́ки є҆глѡ́мꙋ царю̀ мѡа́влю, и҆ ѡ҆блада̀ и҆́ми лѣ́тъ ѻ҆смьна́десѧть.
36 Not in this translation
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People
Zippor
The father of Balak, king of Moab.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 22:2; Numbers 22:4; Joshua 24:9
Places
Shechem
Shechem lay between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. Abram built an altar here, Joshua gathered Israel for covenant renewal, and Jacob's well stands nearby.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12:6; Joshua 24:1; John 4:5
Cross references (33)
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- 1 Joshua 23:2; 1 Samuel 10:19; Exodus 18:25–26; Genesis 33:18–19; Genesis 12:6
- 2 Joshua 24:15; Genesis 31:30; Ezekiel 16:3; Isaiah 51:2; Genesis 31:53
- 3 Genesis 12:1–4; Genesis 21:2–3; Acts 7:2–3; Genesis 15:5; Psalm 127:3
- 4 Genesis 36:8; Deuteronomy 2:5; Genesis 25:24–26; Acts 7:15; Psalm 105:23
- 5 Exodus 3:10; Exodus 7:1–12; Psalm 78:43–51; Exodus 12:51; Psalm 105:26–36
- 6 Acts 7:36; Hebrews 11:29; Isaiah 63:12–13; Exodus 12:37; Psalm 136:13–15
- 7 Deuteronomy 4:34; Exodus 14:20; Exodus 14:10; Nehemiah 9:12–21; Exodus 14:31
- 8 Numbers 21:21–35; Psalm 136:17–22; Deuteronomy 2:32–3:7; Nehemiah 9:22; Psalm 135:10–11
- 9 Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5; Numbers 22:2; Deuteronomy 23:4–5; Numbers 22:5–21
- 10 Deuteronomy 23:5; Isaiah 54:17; Numbers 24:5–10; Numbers 22:35; Numbers 22:11–12
- 11 Joshua 3:14–17; Joshua 4:10–12; Deuteronomy 7:1; Psalm 105:44; Psalm 78:54–55
- 12 Exodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20; Psalm 44:3–6
- 13 Deuteronomy 6:10–12; Deuteronomy 8:7; Joshua 21:45; Proverbs 13:22; Joshua 11:13
- 14 1 Samuel 12:24; Deuteronomy 10:12; Genesis 35:2; Joshua 24:23; 2 Corinthians 1:12
- 15 1 Kings 18:21; John 6:67–68; Ruth 1:15–16; Deuteronomy 29:18; Ezekiel 20:39
- 16 Hebrews 10:38–39; 1 Samuel 12:23; Romans 6:2; Romans 3:6
- 17 Exodus 19:4; Isaiah 63:7–14; Amos 2:9–10; Deuteronomy 32:11–12; Isaiah 46:4
- 18 Psalm 116:16; Micah 4:2; Exodus 10:2; Zechariah 8:23; Luke 1:73–75
- 19 Exodus 23:21; Isaiah 5:16; Exodus 20:5; Psalm 99:5; Psalm 99:9
- 20 Hebrews 10:26–27; Acts 7:42; Ezekiel 18:24; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Jeremiah 17:13
- 21 Exodus 20:19; Deuteronomy 5:27–28; Exodus 19:8; Isaiah 44:5; Exodus 24:7
- 22 Psalm 119:173; Psalm 119:11; Job 15:6; Luke 10:42; Deuteronomy 26:17
- 23 Joshua 24:14; 2 Corinthians 6:16–18; 1 Samuel 7:3–4; Judges 10:15–16; Hebrews 12:28–29
- 24 Exodus 24:7; Exodus 24:3; Deuteronomy 5:27–29
- 25 Nehemiah 9:38; Exodus 15:25; 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Kings 11:17; Joshua 24:26
- 26 Judges 9:6; Genesis 35:4; Joshua 4:20–24; Deuteronomy 31:24–26; Exodus 24:4
- 27 Luke 19:40; Joshua 22:34; Deuteronomy 31:26; Matthew 10:33; Joshua 22:27–28
- 28 Judges 2:6
- 29 Judges 2:8; Genesis 50:22; Genesis 50:26; Psalm 115:17; Deuteronomy 34:5
- 30 Joshua 19:50; Judges 2:9; 2 Samuel 23:30
- 31 Judges 2:7; Deuteronomy 31:13; Deuteronomy 11:2; Deuteronomy 31:29; 2 Chronicles 24:2
- 32 Genesis 50:25; Genesis 33:19; Exodus 13:19; Acts 7:16; John 4:5
- 33 Exodus 6:25; Joshua 22:13; Exodus 6:23; Job 30:23; Numbers 3:32
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… belonged, was the only one in which the worship of the true God survived, and the only one, we may suppose, in which the Hebrew language was preserved; although Joshua the son of Nun tells us that even this family served other gods in Mesopotamia. The other descendants of Heber gradually became absorbed in other races and other languages.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… a stone as witness of his words (already a heap somewhere had been called a witness by Jacob), for he says, "Behold this stone shall be a witness unto you this day to the end of days, when ye lie to the Lord our God," perhaps believing that by God's power even the stones would speak to the conviction of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)