Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Joshua 24:29

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 362, footnote 10 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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Against Jovinianus. (HTML)

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CCEL Footnote 4383 (In-Text, Margin)

... signifies the law. We read that Moses, that is the law, had a wife: shew me then in the same way that Joshua the son of Nun had either wife or children, and if you can do so, I will confess that I am beaten. He certainly received the fairest spot in the division of the land of Judah, and died, not in the twenties, which are ever unlucky in Scripture—by them are reckoned the years of Jacob’s service, the price of Joseph, and sundry presents which Esau who was fond of them received—but in the[Joshua 24:29] tens, whose praises we have often sung; and he was buried in Thamnath Sare, that is, most perfect sovereignty, or among those of a new covering, to signify the crowds of virgins, covered by the Saviour’s aid on Mount ...