Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Numbers 22:12

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 572, footnote 6 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Irenæus (HTML)

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus (HTML)

XXII. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 4832 (In-Text, Margin)

“Thou shall not go with them, neither shalt thou curse the people.”[Numbers 22:12] He does not hint at anything with regard to the people, for they all lay before his view, but [he refers] to the mystery of Christ pointed out beforehand. For as He was to be born of the fathers according to the flesh, the Spirit gives instructions to the man (Balaam) beforehand, lest, going forth in ignorance, he might pronounce a curse upon the people. Not, indeed, that [his curse] could take any effect contrary to the will of God; but [this was done] as an ...