Origen
Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“Next they come to Matheca [Mithkah], which means "new death." What is the new death? When we die with Christ so that we may live with him.”
The interpretation timeline
Num 33:28
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Num 33:28 · Douay-Rheims
“And they departed from thence, and pitched their tents in Methca.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
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.