PG 17 · cols. 21–24

Origenes, Adnotationes in Numeros

Editors' preface

PG 17:21

ΩΡΙΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΕΚΛΟΓΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΡΙΘΜΟΥΣ

Origen's Selections on Numbers

ΚΕΦ. ΙΑʹ.

Chapter XI.

Στίχ. ζʹ. Τὸ δὲ μάννα, ὡσεὶ σπέρμα κορίου.

Verse 7. And the manna was like coriander seed.

Τὸ δὲ ὡσεὶ σπέρμα κορίου, οἱ λοιποὶ βδελίου· ἄλλος φησὶν, ἐκ μέλιτος· Ἀκύλας καὶ Σύμμαχος, μαστοῦ ἔλαιον, μαστοῦ εἰς λίπας.

For "like coriander seed" the others have "of bdellium"; another says "of honey"; Aquila and Symmachus, "oil of the breast", "of the breast for fatness".

ΚΕΦ. ΙΒʹ.

Chapter XII.

Στίχ. αʹ, βʹ, ιʹ, ιεʹ. Λοιδορήσασα Μαριὰμ τὸν Μωσέα, ἐλεπρώθη, ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς γενομένη ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καθίσασα. Τοῦτο δὲ γέγονε πρὸς φόβον τοῦ λαοῦ. Εἰ γὰρ τῆς ἀδελφῆς οὐκ ἐφείσατο, οὐδὲ ἑτέρου.

Verses 1, 2, 10, 15. Miriam, having reviled Moses, became leprous, and was put outside the camp and sat there seven days. This was done to make the people afraid. For if He did not spare His sister, neither would He spare anyone else.

ΚΕΦ. ΙΔʹ

Chapter XIV.

Στίχ. λϛʹ. Καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι.

Verse 36. And the men.

Οἱ τὴν γῆν ψέγοντες, ψεύστην τὸν Θεὸν, κατ' αὐτοὺς εὐσεβῶς, ἔδειξαν, ἐπαινοῦντα τὴν Παλαιστίνην.

Those who disparaged the land showed God, piously by their own reckoning, to be a liar, God who had praised Palestine.

ΚΕΦ. ΚΒʹ.

Chapter XXII.

Στίχ. βʹ. Καὶ ἰδὼν Βαλάκ.

Verse 2. And Balak, seeing.

Ἤκουσαν ἔθνη καὶ ὠργίσθησαν. Ἐν οἷς καὶ τό· Ἄρχοντες Μωαβιτῶν, ἔλαβεν αὐτοὺς τρόμος.

The nations heard and were angry. Among these words is also: The princes of the Moabites, trembling took hold of them.

Στίχ. δʹ. Ὅτι ὥσπερ μάντιν τὸν μισθὸν ταύτης ἔφερον προσαγαγεῖν αὐτόν.

Verse 4. Because they were bringing the fee for this, to bring him over as a soothsayer.

ΚΕΦ. ΚΓʹ.

Chapter XXIII.

Στίχ. ζʹ. Καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολήν.

Verse 7. And taking up the parable.

Ἡ θεία Γραφὴ ἔν τισιν τόποις προκρίνει καὶ προτίθησι τὸ συμβολικὸν ὂν τῆς ἱστορικῆς διηγήσεως ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ ὑποθέσει.

In some places the divine Scripture prefers what is symbolic to the historical narrative and sets it before it, in its own subject matter.

ΚΕΦ. ΚΔʹ.

Chapter XXIV.

Στίχ. ζʹ. Καὶ κυριεύσει ἐθνῶν πολλῶν.

Verse 7. And he shall rule over many nations.

Εἰσὶ δὲ κύριοι πολλοὶ, καὶ θεοὶ πολλοί. Μακάριοι δὲ οἱ τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἔχοντες κύριον· κυριεύσουσι γὰρ κυρίας πολλάς.

Now there are many lords and many gods. But blessed are they who have our Lord Jesus Christ as lord; for they shall rule over many lordships.

Στίχ. ιζʹ. Καὶ ἀναστήσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ Ἰσραήλ.

Verse 17. And a man shall rise up out of Israel.

Φασὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ ἔχειν φοιτητὰς τῇ τέχνῃ, μαθητεύσαντας αὐτῷ τῇ μαγικῇ· καὶ δόξαν περὶ αὐτοῦ

They say that Balaam had pupils in his art, who had become his disciples in magic; and that, having a high opinion of him,

Editors' notes and page, col. 21

Footnotes

(21) ‹anchor: Τὸ δὲ ὡσεὶ› · call in col 21 (printed in the Greek only)

Praecedit Μᾶν ὠνομάσθη, etc., ut in edit. ex cod. 334, pag. 175.

Preceded by "Μᾶν ὠνομάσθη", etc., as in the edition, from codex 334, page 175.

(printed under page 19)

(22) ‹anchor: ἔδειξαν, ἐπαινοῦντα› · call in col 21 (printed in the Greek only)

Cod. et ms. Bonjoan. ἐπαινοῦντ.

The codex and the Bonjoannes manuscript: ἐπαινοῦντ[α] (abbreviated).

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(23) ‹anchor: Στίχ. δʹ.› · call in col 21 (printed in the Greek only)

Haec subduntur iis quae in edit. habentur p. 272 A, post πρόρρησις.

This is placed beneath what stands in the edition at p. 272 A, after πρόρρησις.

(printed under page 19)

(24) ‹anchor: ΚΕΦ. ΚΓʹ.› · call in col 21 (printed in the Greek only)

In cod. 534, pag. 191.

In codex 534, page 191.

(printed under page 19)

(25) ‹anchor: ἐθνῶν πολλῶν.› · call in col 21 (printed in the Greek only)

Haec praeter edita pag. 273.

This is in addition to what is printed at page 273.

(printed under page 19)

Footnotes

10 ‹anchor: cepit eos tremor› · call in col 22 Exod. XV, 15.

Exodus 15:15.

11 ‹anchor: et dii multi› · call in col 22 I Cor. VIII, 5.

1 Corinthians 8:5.

(continued) ‹anchor: not visible; editors' note running over from the previous page, set across the foot in two columns› · call on previous page

εἴδη τινὰ τῆς ψυχῆς διαγράφειν διάφορα· τίς γὰρ οὐκ ἂν ἀπορήσῃ, ὁρῶν, ὅτι πῆ μὲν ἡ λέπρα ποιεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀκάθαρτον ἐγγενομένη χρωτὶ ζῶντι, πῆ δὲ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας ἀπολύει ὅλον λεπρὸν γεγονότα; τότε γὰρ ἀκάθαρτος εἶναι λογίζεταί τις, ὅτε χρὼς ζῶν μετὰ τὸ ὁλόλεπρον εὑρίσκεται ἐν αὐτῷ, μιαίνοντος τοῦ ζῶντος χρωτὸς τὴν ἐξ ὅλων λέπραν, ἀμίαντον εἶναι λεγομένην· ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ τὴν λέπραν ἀντὶ ἀλόγων λαμβάνεσθαι τῆς ψυχῆς παθημάτων· τὸν δὲ ζῶντα χρῶτα, ἀντὶ τῆς λογικῆς καταστάσεως· δοκεῖ οὖν μοι μυστήριον περιέχειν ὁ λόγος· ἐν γὰρ τῇ τῶν βρεφῶν ἡλικίᾳ ἀνέγκλητός ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή, τῆς ἀλογίας ἀπολυούσης αὐτὴν παντὸς ψόγου· ἐὰν δὲ ὀφθῇ χρὼς ζῶν ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅ ἐστιν ἐὰν ἀρχαὶ τοῦ λόγου ὑποφύωσι, τότε ἀρχὴ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὑφίσταται, ἕως ἐπικρατήσαντος τοῦ χρωτὸς τοῦ ζῶντος, τουτέστι τοῦ λόγου αὐξάνοντος καὶ τελειουμένου, ὁ λόγος γένηται ὁ χρὼς ζῶν, καὶ τέλεον ἡ λέπρα ἐξαφανισθῇ. EDIT. PATROL.

...to describe certain different forms of the soul. For who would not be at a loss, seeing that in one case leprosy makes a man unclean when it arises in living flesh, and in another frees from all uncleanness one who has become wholly leprous? For a man is reckoned unclean at the time when living flesh is found in him after the total leprosy, the living flesh defiling the leprosy that covers the whole, which is said to be undefiled. For I think the leprosy is taken to stand for the irrational passions of the soul, and the living flesh for the rational state. The passage seems to me, then, to contain a mystery: for in the age of infancy the soul is blameless, its lack of reason freeing it from all blame; but if living flesh is seen in it, that is, if the beginnings of reason spring up, then the beginning of sin arises, until the living flesh prevails, that is, until reason grows and is made perfect, and reason becomes the living flesh, and the leprosy vanishes entirely. Editors of the Patrologia.

(printed under page 19)

Footnotes

12 ‹anchor: not visible in the page-foot image› · call in col 23 Num. XXIV, 17.

Numbers 24:17.

13 ‹anchor: ex fide vivet› · call in col 23 Gal. III, 11.

Galatians 3:11.

14 ‹anchor: manus tuas super eo› · call in col 23 Num. XXVII, 18.

Numbers 27:18.

(printed under page 20)

Page

running head: 23 SUPPLEMENTUM AD ORIGENI
marginal letters: A facerent, conscripsisse; B CAP. III.; C Ejusdem. Producit Jesum,
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: facing Latin version, not set

PG 17:24

ἔχοντας, ἀναγράψασθαι τὰς προφητείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταλιπεῖν, ἐν αἷς καὶ τό· Ἀνατελεῖ ἄστρον. Ἢ καὶ ἐκ τῆς πατρικῆς παραδόσεως τοῦτο καὶ διαδοχῆς παραλαβόντες οἱ Μάγοι, ἐπὶ τὴν Βηθλεὲμ παρεγένοντο.

they wrote down his prophecies and left them behind, among which was also the saying: A star shall rise. Or else, having received this from ancestral tradition and succession, the Magi came to Bethlehem.

Editors' notes and page, col. 24

Footnotes

(26) ‹anchor: ἔχοντας› · call in col 24 (printed in the Greek only)

Sic, pro ἔχοντες correximus. EDIT. PATR.

So we have corrected, in place of ἔχοντες. Editors of the Patrologia.

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(27) ‹anchor: ὑμῖν› · call in col 24 (printed in the Greek only)

Forte ἡμῖν.

Perhaps ἡμῖν.

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(28) ‹anchor: ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν.› · call in col 24 (printed in the Greek only)

Haec subjiciuntur sine alio auctoris nomine iis, quae in vulg. habentur ad v. 11, pag. 387, et ὑποδεέστεροι.

This is placed, with no other author's name, beneath what stands in the common edition at v. 11, page 387, and ὑποδεέστεροι.

(printed under page 20)

(29) ‹anchor: τῷ ἡμίσει› · call in col 24 (printed in the Greek only)

Sic reposuimus, pro τὸ ἥμισυ. ED. PATROL.

So we have restored, in place of τὸ ἥμισυ. Editors of the Patrologia.

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(30) ‹anchor: βίου, καὶ› · call in col 24 (printed in the Greek only)

Forte μὴ pro καί.

Perhaps μή in place of καί.

(printed under page 20)

(31) ‹anchor: καὶ παρὰ μονῆς› · call in col 24 (printed in the Greek only)

Forte παραμονῆς.

Perhaps παραμονῆς.

(printed under page 20)

Page

running head: UM AD ORIGENIS EXEGETICA. 24
marginal letters: A τοῦ ἔχοντας; B ΚΕΦ. Γʹ.; C Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Προάγει
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: begins with the word fragment τοῦ, the rest of αὐ- at the foot of col. 21; set whole there (αὐτοῦ), not restored here (QA Q1); full-width title across cols. 23-24 (ΩΡΙΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΕΚΛΟΓΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝΟΜΙΟΝ. / ORIGENIS ADNOTATIONES IN DEUTERONOMIUM.) after παρεγένοντο. cut off at left edge, not set; ends mid-sentence
other: scripture reference at the page foot: 12 Num. XXIV, 17 (Num 24:17, for Ἀνατελεῖ ἄστρον; called in the Latin)
other: the column continues with ΚΕΦ. Αʹ. Στίχ. λαʹ. Ὡσεὶ τροφοφορήσαι (another unit); not set here