And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Moïse cria à l'Eternel; et l'Eternel lui indiqua un bois, qu'il jeta dans l'eau. Et l'eau devint douce. Ce fut là que l'Eternel donna au peuple des lois et des ordonnances, et ce fut là qu'il le mit à l'épreuve.
KJV
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
καὶ ἀκολάστου βίου ὑπόδρομον, εἰ μὴ θᾶττον ὁ σωτὴρ οἶκτον λαβὼν καθάπερ ἥδυσμα ξύλον γλυκαῖνον (cf. Exod. 15,25) εἰς τὴν ψυχὴν ἐνέβαλε φιλοπονίαν ἀντὶ μισοπονίας ἐργασάμενος· ᾔδει γάρ, ἅτε δημιουργὸς ὤν, ὅτι τῶν ὄντων οὐδενός, εἰ μὴ προσγένοιτο σφοδρὸς ἔρως, ἔνεστι περιγενέσθαι.…
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
τροφὴ γίνεται σωτήριος· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ κύριος ξύλον, καὶ ἐνέβαλεν αὐτὸ εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ“ (Exod. 15,25), τὸν κεχυμένον καὶ πλαδῶντα καὶ πικρίας γέμοντα νοῦν, ἵνα γλυκανθεὶς ἡμερωθῇ. τὸ δὲ ξύλον τοῦτο οὐ μόνον τροφήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀθανασίαν ἐπαγγέλλεται· τὸ γὰρ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς…
Origen
In Jeremiam (Homiliae 1-11)
αθητῶν ἐθέλοντας, διὰ τὸ σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ. — 20ff. Vgl. Philo de migr. Abr. I, 441 M. — 22 Vgl. Exod. 15, 25. — 26 Psal. 18, 5. 1 ἐπὶ σφαγὴν] < Η | 2 ἔγνω Co cognoverit Η ἔγνων S | 3 ἁμαρτίαν] sive injustitiam Η | 9 καὶ] < Η | 10 αὐτὸν] Dominum Η (1. τὸν #x772;? | πῶς δὲ τοῦ…
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