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Num 33:34

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Num 33:34 · Douay-Rheims

“And from Jetebatha they came to Hebrona.”

Patristic before A.D. 750

254

A.D.

Origen Patristic

c. A.D. 184–253

“From there, it says, they camped at Ebrona [Abronah], which is "passage." For everything must be passed through. Even if you have come to good things, you must pass through them to better things until you come to that good thing in which you should always remain.”

Source

Modern · 1953 →

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