[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Regardons-nous comme peu de chose le crime de Peor, dont nous n'avons pas jusqu'à présent enlevé la tache de dessus nous, malgré la plaie qu'il attira sur l'assemblée de l'Eternel?
KJV
[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
he act of sin is no longer there, neither is the stain in the soul. On the contrary, It is written ( Jos. 22:17 ): "Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with Beelphegor, and the stain of that crime remaineth in you [Vulg.: 'us'] to this day?" I answer that, The stain of sin…
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