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Hebrews 9:13Heb.9.13

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

KJV

Greek original

εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα τράγων καὶ ταύρων καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car si le sang des taureaux et des boucs, et la cendre d'une vache, répandue sur ceux qui sont souillés, sanctifient et procurent la pureté de la chair,

KJV

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Patristic reading

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  • Methodius

    In Genesim (In Catenis)

    21, 1 — 21 vgl. Mt. 5, 17. Gal. 4, 4 — 22 vgl. Job. 1, 17. 14, 6 — I Kor. 10, 11 — 23 Gal. 4, 5 — 25 Hebr. 9, 13. 19 (Num. 19, 6); vgl. Trifon bei Hier. De vir. ill. 57 S. 35 Bernoulli 5 Isidor Peius. Ep. IV, 139. Altercat. Simon, et Theoph. 12 — 21 vgl. Athan. Festbr. S. 57. 78f…
  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    For the Catholic faith

    h more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit offered himself without blemish to God (Hebrews 9:13-14)! This passage teaches us about the power of the Holy Spirit, through whom the flesh of Christ is presented as spotless. Elsewhere: Anyone who disregards the law o…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ten ( Ecclus. 34:4 ): "What can be made clean by the unclean?" But the ashes of the red heifer [*Cf. Heb. 9:13 ] which was burnt, were unclean, since they made a man unclean: for it is stated ( Num. 19:7, seqq.) that the priest who immolated her was rendered unclean "until the ev…

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