Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Numbers 22:23

There is 1 footnote for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 572, footnote 8 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Irenæus (HTML)

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus (HTML)

XXIII. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 4834 (In-Text, Margin)

“And he mounted upon his ass.”[Numbers 22:22-23] The ass was the type of the body of Christ, upon whom all men, resting from their labours, are borne as in a chariot. For the Saviour has taken up the burden of our sins. Now the angel who appeared to Balaam was the Word Himself; and in His hand He held a sword, to indicate the power which He had from above.