For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Moïse dit: Consacrez-vous aujourd'hui à l'Eternel, même en sacrifiant votre fils et votre frère, afin qu'il vous accorde aujourd'hui une bénédiction.
KJV
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Philo Judaeus
De Ebrietate
ων· „ἐπληρώσατε τὰς χεῖρας σήμερον κυρίῳ, ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ υἱῷ ἢ τῷ ἀδελφῷ, δοθῆναι ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς εὐλογίαν“ (Exod. 32,29). τί οὖν λεκτέον ἢ ὅτι οἱ τοιοῦτοι τοῖς μὲν κοινοῖς ἀνθρώπων ἔθεσιν ἁλίσκονται κατήγορον ἔχοντες τὴν πολιτευομένην καὶ δημαγωγὸν μητέρα συνήθειαν, τοῖς δὲ τῆς φύσεως δ…
Lucifer of Cagliari
Book on Not Sparing Those Who Sin Against God
today, for each of you was against his own son and brother, and the Lord has blessed you this day" (Exodus 32:26-29). We are insolent to you just as Moses was to that stubborn people. They did not like what Moses said or did when they had already chosen not to serve the God who h…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
(Sent. iv, D, 24). But the Levites consecrated their hands by shedding the blood of their brethren ( Ex. 32:29 ). Therefore neither should anyone in the New Testament be debarred from receiving Orders on account of the shedding of blood. Objection 2: Further, no one should be deb…
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