Numbers 8 in the early church
8 passages quote, allude to, or echo Numbers 8, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Numbers 8:1
Then the LORD said to Moses,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 8:1–26 | Numbers, lines 151–175 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Numbers 8:5
Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 8:5–7 | Letter 69.12 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 249/250–258 |
Numbers 8:14
In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 8:14 | Exposition of Psalm 118 8.4.3 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
Numbers 8:17
For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 8:17 | On Cain and Abel 2.16 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 375-378 |
Numbers 8:24
“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Num 8:24 | Miscellanies 6.11.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, low confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Num 8:24 | Homilies on Numbers 4.2 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Num 8:24 | Question 46, section 10 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Num 8:24 | Letter 82.8 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |