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Num 19:15

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Num 19:15 · Douay-Rheims
“The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding over it, shall be unclean.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
390
A.D.
Pacian of Barcelona Patristic
c. A.D. 310–390
“The cover of a vessel, or a seal, is the control of discipline. Discipline keeps a man from being overwhelmed, as if he were an unclean or polluted vessel that is rejected. For a vessel without a cover or a seal is spoiled, like as in the case of one who devotes himself to ostentation and is not covered by any veil of silence. Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Numbers”
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Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.