Exodus 15:27

“The people found seventy willows and twelve springs after crossing the Jordan.” — editor's note: The Red Sea, not the Jordan. [Ex. xv. 27.]

“As wood sweetens Marah so that seventy palm-trees are watered by its streams, so the cross makes the waters of the law lifegiving to the seventy who are Christ’s apostles.” — editor's note: Exod. xv. 23–27; Luke x. i.

“After sinking to the bottom the iron has once more floated upon the surface, and men have again seen among the palm-trees the bitter waters of Marah.” — editor's note: Ex. xv. 23, 27.

“Now why, if the twelve followed the number of the twelve fountains of Elim, should not the seventy correspond to the like number of the palms of that place?” — editor's note: Ex. xv. 27 and Num. xxxiii. 9.

“…as they abide, removes things on the increase, a faithful steward of the track of the breezes, enjoying the things disgorged from the twelve eyes of the law, (and) manifesting a seal to the power which along with itself distributes the downborne invisible waters, and has been called Thalassa.” — editor's note: The Abbe Cruice observes that the reference here is to the second book of the law (Ex. xv. 27), where mention is made of the twelve fountains of Elim. The…

Exodus 15:27 and Numbers 33:9 share the same wording (10 words).

Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.9.

Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.

Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.

Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.