Numbers 24:7 (WEB)
Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.
Fathers and councils · 3
Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 77To Theodore, Bishop of Tyana
“Phineas was called Zelotes because he ran through the Midianitish woman with the man who was committing fornication with her, and because he took away the reproach from the children of Israel: but he was more praised because he prayed for the people when they had transgressed.” — editor's note: Num. xxiv. 7.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…truth, with reference to the Saviour’s becoming man, having estimated what was said as important, and assured of its truth, set it down in these words: “There shall rise a star out of Jacob, and a man out of Israel, and he shall break in pieces the captains of Moab.”” — editor's note: Num. xxiv. 5–17.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the same place: “A Man shall go forth out of his seed, and shall rule over many nations; and His kingdom shall be exalted as Gog, and His kingdom shall be increased; and God brought Him forth out of Egypt.” — editor's note: [Here the English (q. v.) gives the more literal reading, which the Septuagint treats as a proverb, unfolding its sense. “Water from the bucket” seems to have…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.