Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxviii Pg 20
Num. xxii.–xxiv.
The novel doctrines of the new Christ are such as the Creator’s servants initiated long before! But see how clear a difference there is between the example of Moses and of Christ.4638 4638 A Marcionite objection.
Moses voluntarily interferes with brothers4639 4639 “Two men of the Hebrews.”—A.V.
who were quarrelling, and chides the offender: “Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?” He is, however, rejected by him: “Who made thee a prince or a judge over us?”4640 4640
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxix Pg 17
Num. xxii.–xxiv.
nay, contrary to what he had thought; and promised “a mouth” to Moses, when he pleaded in excuse the slowness of his speech,5030 5030
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxviii Pg 20
Num. xxii.–xxiv.
The novel doctrines of the new Christ are such as the Creator’s servants initiated long before! But see how clear a difference there is between the example of Moses and of Christ.4638 4638 A Marcionite objection.
Moses voluntarily interferes with brothers4639 4639 “Two men of the Hebrews.”—A.V.
who were quarrelling, and chides the offender: “Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?” He is, however, rejected by him: “Who made thee a prince or a judge over us?”4640 4640
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxix Pg 17
Num. xxii.–xxiv.
nay, contrary to what he had thought; and promised “a mouth” to Moses, when he pleaded in excuse the slowness of his speech,5030 5030
Anf-01 ii.ii.xii Pg 2
Josh. ii.; Heb. xi. 31.
Moreover, they gave her a sign to this effect, that she should hang forth from her house a scarlet thread. And thus they made it manifest that redemption should flow through the blood of the Lord to all them that believe and hope in God.54 54 Others of the Fathers adopt the same allegorical interpretation, e.g., Justin Mar., Dial. c. Tryph., n. 111; Irenæus, Adv. Hær., iv. 20. [The whole matter of symbolism under the law must be more thoroughly studied if we would account for such strong language as is here applied to a poetical or rhetorical figure.]
Ye see, beloved, that there was not only faith, but prophecy, in this woman.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 3
VERSE (7) - Ex 15:14-16 Nu 22:3,4 Jos 2:10; 9:24
