Numbers 25:3

“For which may be called the truer son of God, he that worships a calf, and is joined to Baalpeorand sacrifices his sons to devils? or He that is a Son by nature, and honors Him that begat Him?” — editor's note: [The reference is to Numb. xxv. 3. But as usual, the LXX. form of the name is cited: βεελφεγρ .—R.]

“And of course it is a sufficient one, that so vast a number—(the number) of 24,000—of the People, when they committed fornication with the daughters of Madian, fell in one plague.” — editor's note: See Num. xxv. 1–9; 1 Cor. x. 8.

“Remember the four and twenty thousand that were rejected for fornication.” — editor's note: [1 Cor. x. 8; Num. xxv. 1–9. Clement says twenty-four thousand, with the Old Testament, but St. Paul says twenty-three thousand; on which, ad locum, see…