Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Deuteronomy 33:6

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 377, footnote 7 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (HTML)

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Of the Resurrection of the Dead. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 979 (In-Text, Margin)

... thou defilest my couch and wentest up. From the time that Jacob fell asleep until the time that Moses fell asleep two hundred and thirty-three years elapsed. Then Moses wished by his priestly power to absolve Reuben from his transgression and sin, in that he had lain with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; that when his brethren should rise, he might not be cut off from their number. So he said in the beginning of his blessing:— Reuben shall live and not die, and shall be in the number.[Deuteronomy 33:6]

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 402, footnote 5 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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Of Death and the Latter Times. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1167 (In-Text, Margin)

... passed. Thus, upon all men it passed from Moses until the world shall end. Yet Moses preached that its kingdom is made void. For when Adam transgressed the commandment whereby the sentence of death was passed upon his progeny, Death hoped that he would bind fast all the sons of man and would be king over them for ever. But when Moses came, he proclaimed the resurrection, and Death knew that his kingdom is to be made void. For Moses said:— Reuben shall live and not die, and shall be in number.[Deuteronomy 33:6] And when the Holy One called Moses from the bush he said thus to him:— I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. When Death heard this utterance, he trembled and feared and was terrified and was perturbed, and knew that he had not ...