For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Car le roi de Babylone se tient au carrefour, à l'entrée des deux chemins, pour tirer des présages; il secoue les flèches, il interroge les théraphim, il examine le foie.
KJV
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
the decision by lot be left to a spiritual cause, it is sometimes ascribed to demons. Thus we read ( Ezech. 21:21 ) that "the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows; he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails": so…
Tonneau
CSCO 152 (Syr 71) — CSCO 152 (Syr 71) - Tonneau 1955 - Ephraem Syri in Genesim et in Exodum - T (textus)
III (Ez. хуш, 5-27) . Sectio XIX (Ez. хіх, 185) . Sectio XX (Ez, xx, 5-24). Sectiones XXI-XXII (Ez. xxi, 7-22ss) . Sectio XXIII (Ez. xxi, 18-20) . Sectio XXIV (Ez. xxiv, 4-17) . Seetiones XXV-XXXI (Ez. XXV, 1-22) . Sectio XXXII (Ez. xxxi, 1-20). INDEX VERBORUM G…
Tonneau
CSCO 153 (Syr 72) — CSCO 153 (Syr 72) - Tonneau 1955 - Ephraem Syri in Genesim et in Exodum - V (versio)
|... . . . .. . . . . . 198 Sectio XX (Ez. xx, 6-24) . . . SAS ὦ. πουν 5. 308 Seectiones XXLXXII (Ez. xxi, 7- 22 S88 . . . . . . . . 199 Sectio XXIII (Ez. se, 18- 20) «μις. ᾱ-ᾳ oce uum “130 Sectio XXIV (Ez. xxiv, 4-17) .,.,......... 130 Sections XXV-XXXI (Ez, xxv, 1-22). . .…
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