Exodus 24:18
Douay-Rheims
And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: and he was there forty days, and forty nights.
Philoxenus of Mabbug
And like this holy man the blessed Moses also was twice deemed worthy to go unto the thick darkness and to receive the law upon the tablets; and he was made pure by fasting like unto this, and then he was deemed worthy of the terrible sight.
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A.D. 523 · on Exod 24:18 (13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.