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Num 33:46

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Num 33:46 · Douay-Rheims
“From thence they went and camped in Helmondeblathaim.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
Origen Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“Next, then, they come to Gelmon Deblathaim [Almon-diblathaim], which means "scorn of figs," that is, where earthly things are completely scorned and despised. For unless what seems to delight us on earth is rejected and scorned, we cannot pass through to heavenly things.”
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.