Anf-01 v.iii.iii Pg 16
Ex. xvi. 8.
No one of those has, [in fact,] remained unpunished, who rose up against their superiors. For Dathan and Abiram did not speak against the law, but against Moses,657 657
Anf-03 v.iv.iii.xiv Pg 7
Num. xi. and xxi.
Against young lads, too, did He send forth bears, for their irreverence to the prophet.2872 2872
Anf-03 vi.iii.xx Pg 10
Viz. by their murmuring for bread (see Ex. xvi. 3; 7); and again—nearly forty years after—in another place. See Num. xxi. 5.
For the people, after crossing the sea, and being carried about in the desert during forty years, although they were there nourished with divine supplies, nevertheless were more mindful of their belly and their gullet than of God. Thereupon the Lord, driven apart into desert places after baptism,8752 8752
Anf-03 v.v.xxxii Pg 5
Prov. viii. 24.
in order that you may believe that the depths were also “brought forth”—that is, created—just as we create sons also, though we “bring them forth.” It matters not whether the depth was made or born, so that a beginning be accorded to it, which however would not be, if it were subjoined6459 6459 Subjecta.
to matter. Of darkness, indeed, the Lord Himself by Isaiah says, “I formed the light, and I created darkness.”6460 6460
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 38
VERSE (16) - Ps 77:19 Pr 8:24 Jer 51:36
