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Desert Fathers, on Josh 5:14
Desert Fathers · c. A.D. 500
Josh 5:14 · Douay-Rheims
“And he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come.”
On this verse:
“A brother asked a hermit, 'Is it good to be always repenting?' He answered, 'We have seen Joshua the son of Nun; it was when he was lying prostrate on his face that God appeared to him' (cf. Josh. 5:14).”
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