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Origen, on Exod 12:23
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Exod 12:23 · Douay-Rheims
“For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you.”
On this verse:
“And who else could be the destroyer in Exodus, which Moses wrote, except the one who is the cause of destruction to those who obey him and who do not resist and struggle against his wickedness?”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.