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Num 33:25

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Num 33:25 · Douay-Rheims
“From thence they went and camped in Maceloth.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
Origen Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“From there a stage is made at Maceloth [Makheloth], which means "from the beginning." For the person who strives for contemplation contemplates the beginning of things, or rather he refers everything to him who was in the beginning, nor is there any time when he abandons that beginning.”
Source
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.