Adnotationes in Exodum

Origen’s Selections on Exodus. Chapter 15. Verse 25. There God set for him ordinances and judgments, and there he tested him. God tests for benefit. For he is inexperienced in evils. But he tests for this reason, so that if they obey him, they may obtain good things and be delivered from evils. Chapter 20. Verse 4. You shall not make for yourself an idol. An idol is one thing, and a likeness another. For a likeness is when you make a likeness of a fish or a quadruped or a wild animal, either by craftsmanship or by painting; but an idol is whatever the soul forms and makes from things that do not exist as prototypes—for example, some mixed animal from a human and a horse. Verse 4. As many things as are in the heaven above, and as many as are on the earth below, and as many as are in the waters beneath the earth. You shall not worship them, nor shall you serve them. To worship is one thing, and to serve is another. For he who serves these with his whole soul not only worships but also serves; but he who acts hypocritically and does so out of custom does not serve, but worships. You will find such persons in the book of Numbers, indulging women and worshipping idols. (10) Published by Montfaucon in the Hexapla. It is in codex 534, p. 100.

Chapter 28. Verse 30. Since it is fitting for the high priest to carry the protective care both in front and behind, like a shield, lest some contrary counsel of the spirits of wickedness wound the rational faculty, disturb the soundness of the judgments, and cause the revelation and the truth to depart through the admixture of evil. Chapter 31. Verse 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses. The all-wise God kept Moses for forty whole days to give the law, although he was able to give the law in three days. But so that the time of Moses’ absence might expose the hidden impiety in the depth of the heart of the Jews. Chapter 15. Verse 25. There God set for him ordinances and judgments, and there he tested him. God tests for benefit. For he is inexperienced in evils. But he tests for this reason, so that if they obey him, they may obtain good things and be delivered from evils. Verse 25. There God set for him ordinances and judgments, and there he tested him. God tests for benefit. For he is inexperienced in evils. But he tests for this reason, so that if they obey him, they may obtain good things and be delivered from evils. Chapter 20.

Verse 4. (10) You shall not make for yourself an idol. An idol is one thing, and a likeness is another. For a likeness is when you make a likeness of a fish, or a quadruped, or a wild beast, either by craftsmanship or by painting; but an idol is whatever the soul fashions by forming from things that do not exist originally, such as some mixed animal from a human and a horse. Verse 4. As many things as are in the heaven above, and as many as are on the earth below, and as many as are in the waters beneath the earth. You shall not worship them, nor shall you serve them. To worship is one thing, and to serve is another. For he who serves these with his whole soul not only worships but also serves; but he who acts hypocritically and does so out of habit does not serve, but worships. You will find such persons in the Book of Numbers, indulging women and worshipping idols. (10) Published by Montfaucon in the Hexapla. It is in codex 534, p. 100. Verse 4. (10) You shall not make for yourself an idol. An idol is one thing, and a likeness is another. For a likeness is when you make a likeness of a fish, or a quadruped, or a wild beast, either by craftsmanship or by painting; but an idol is whatever the soul fashions by forming from things that do not exist originally, such as some mixed animal from a human and a horse. Verse 4. As many things as are in the heaven above, and as many as are on the earth below, and as many as are in the waters beneath the earth. You shall not worship them, nor shall you serve them. To worship is one thing, and to serve is another. For he who serves these with his whole soul not only worships but also serves; but he who acts hypocritically and does so out of habit does not serve, but worships.

You will find such men in the book of Numbers, who gratify women and worship idols. (10) Montfaucon published this in the Hexapla. It is in codex 534, p. 100. Chapter 28. Verse 30. Since it is fitting for the high priest to carry protective care both in front and behind, like a shield, lest some opposing counsel of the spirits of wickedness wound the rational part and disturb the soundness of judgments and cause the revelation and the truth to withdraw through the admixture of evil. Chapter 31. Verse 1. And the Lord spoke to Moses. The all-wise God kept Moses for forty whole days to give the law, although he was able to give the law in three days. But so that the time of Moses’ absence might expose the hidden impiety in the depth of the heart of the Jews.