Origen, on Josh 8:32

“And he wrote upon stones the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.”

“How was he able to depict so large a book to the sons of Israel—or even to those standing and remaining there—so that they did not disperse until the writing of so many verses was finished? Or even how were the stones of the altar able to bear the contents of such a large book? Such things let those Jewish defenders of the letter who are ignorant of the spirit of the law tell me. In what manner is the truth of the narrative demonstrated in this? Yet among those former ones "to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart." But for us, "who have turned to the Lord" Jesus, "the veil is taken away" because "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom of understanding."15Therefore our Lord Jesus does not need much time in order to write Deuteronomy, in order to set up the "second law" in the hearts of believers and imprint the law of the Spirit in the minds of those who are worthy to be chosen for the construction of the altar. For immediately when anyone believes in Jesus Christ, the law of the gospel is written down in that person's heart and written down "in the sight of the sons of Israel."”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.