Psalm 81:5 (WEB)
He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus III.7Book III
“…if it had been a gift from heaven, when one of their own prophets said, “As they went forth from Egypt, they heard a language which they did not understand.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. lxxxi. 5.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“For he says, “when he came out of the land of Egypt he heard a strange language.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxi. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
““A testimony in Joseph He made that” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“How then saith Moses, “The Lord spake, and Moses answered”? ( Ex. xix. 19 ); and David, “He had heard a tongue which he knew not” ( Ps. lxxxi. 5 ); and Moses again, “Is there any such people which hath ‘heard the voice of God’?” ( Deut. iv. 33.)” — the author cites it
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