Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 119

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 413, footnote 5 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4923 (In-Text, Margin)

... of the land of Judah and of the tribes is typical of the church in heaven. Let us read Joshua the son of Nun, or the concluding portions of Ezekiel, and we shall see that the historical division of the land as related by the one finds a counterpart in the spiritual and heavenly promises of the other. What is the meaning of the seven and eight steps in the description of the temple? or again, what significance attaches to the fact that in the Psalter, after being taught the mystic alphabet by the[Psalms 119] one hundred and eighteenth psalm we arrive by fifteen steps at the point where we can sing: “Behold, now bless the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: ye who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.” Why did two tribes ...