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And Jesus, as a word, and a true type of the incarnate Word, to speak to the people; and that Moses gave the manna to the fathers for food, but Jesus the wheat, just now the first-fruits of life, a type of the body of Christ, as the scripture also says, that then the manna of the Lord ceased, after the people ate the wheat from the land. 20 You shall not go with them, nor shall you curse the people. It does not allude to the people, for they were all laid low; but because of the mystery of Christ that was being foretold. For since he was about to be born according to the flesh from the fathers, the spirit forewarns the man, lest by going through ignorance he might curse the people. Not as a curse having power against the will of God, but as an indication of the providence of God, which he had for them through their forefathers. 21 And he was mounted upon his donkey. The donkey was a type of the body of Christ; upon which all men, resting from their labors, are carried as by a vehicle. For the Savior took upon himself the burden of our sins. And the angel who appeared to Balaam was the Word himself; and he had in his hand a sword, that is, the authority which he had from above. 22 God is not as a man. It shows that all men, being changed, lie; but God is not so; for he always remains true, accomplishing whatever he wills. 23 To execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian. For he who no longer speaks in the spirit of God, but against the law of God, establishing another law of fornication, this man will no longer be reckoned as a prophet, but as a soothsayer; for not having abided in the commandment of God, he received a wage worthy of his evil device. 24 Know that every man is either empty or full. For if he does not have the Holy Spirit, he does not have knowledge of the creator, he has not received the life, Jesus Christ, he does not know the Father who is in heaven; if he does not live according to the word, according to the heavenly law, he is not temperate, he does not act righteously; such a man is empty. But if he has received God who said, I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, this man is not empty, but full. 25 So the lad who led Samson by the hand will be prefigured in John the Baptist, who showed the people faith in Christ. And the house, in which they were gathered, signifies the world, in which dwelt the foreign and unbelieving nations, sacrificing to their own idols; and the two pillars are the two testaments. Therefore, Samson's resting upon the pillars is for the instructed people to recognize the mystery of Christ. 26 And the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And he showed him the place. And he cut a piece of wood, and cast it there, and the iron floated. Which was a sign of the raising up of souls by the wood, on which he who is able to raise up souls suffered, following his own ascent. Of this also that is a token, that many souls rose up and were seen in their bodies, at the same time as the descent of the holy soul of Christ. For as the very light wood became submerged, and the very heavy iron floated; so by the union of the Word of God, the natural hypostatic union, being united to the flesh, the heavy and earthly was taken up into the heavens by the divine nature, having been made incorruptible after the resurrection. 27 The Gospel according to Matthew was written for the Jews; for they very strongly desired Christ to be from the seed of David. And Matthew, having an even stronger desire of this kind, strove in every way to provide them with full assurance, that Christ was from the seed of David; for which reason he also began from his genesis. 28 The axe to the root, he says; stirring up to the knowledge of the truth, and cleansing by fear, and preparing to bear ripe fruit. 29 Behold a grain of mustard seed shown through a parable, and a heavenly word, sown like a seed in the world, as in a field, having in itself the fiery and austere quality of power. For he was proclaimed judge of the whole world; he, hidden in the heart of the earth, in the soil, and on the third day becoming a very great tree, extended his own branches

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Ἰησοῦν δὲ ὡς λόγον, καὶ τοῦ ἐνυποστάτου Λόγου τύπον ἀψευδῆ, τῷ λαῷ δημηγορεῖν· καὶ τὸν μὲν Μωϋσῆν τὸ μάννα τοῖς πατράσι τροφὴν διδόναι, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν τὸν σῖτον, ἄρτι τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τῆς ζωῆς, τύπον τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καθά φησι καὶ ἡ γραφὴ, ὅτι τότε ἐπαύσατο τὸ μάννα Κυρίου, μετὰ τὸ φαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον λαὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. 20 Οὐ πορεύσῃ μετ' αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ καταράσῃ τὸν λαόν. Οὐ περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ αἰνίττεται, πάντες γὰρ κατεστρώθησαν· ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ προδηλούμενον τοῦ Χριστοῦ μυστήριον. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἔμελλεν ἐκ τῶν πατέρων κατὰ σάρκα γεννᾶσθαι, προδιδάσκει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸν ἄνδρα, μήποτε κατὰ ἄγνοιαν πορευθεὶς καταράσηται τὸν λαόν. Οὐχ ὡς ἀρὰν ἰσχύουσαν παρὰ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ βούλησιν, ἀλλ' εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ προνοίας, ἧς εἶχε διὰ τοὺς προπάτορας εἰς αὐτούς. 21 Καὶ οὗτος ἐπεβεβήκει ἐπὶ τῆς ὄνου αὐτοῦ. Ἡ μὲν ὄνος τύπον εἶχε σώματος Χριστοῦ· ἐφ' ὃν πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκ καμάτων ἀναπαυόμενοι, ὡς ὑπὸ ὀχήματος βαστάζονται. Τὸ γὰρ φορτίον τῶν ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτημάτων ὁ Σωτὴρ ἀνεδέξατο. Ὁ δὲ ἄγγελος ὀφθεὶς τῷ Βαλαὰμ, αὐτὸς ὁ Λόγος ἦν· εἶχε δὲ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ μάχαιραν, δηλονότι, ἣν εἶχεν ἄνωθεν ἐξουσίαν. 22 Οὐχ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ὁ Θεός. ∆είκνυσιν, ὡς πάντες μὲν ἄνθρωποι ψεύδονται μεταφερόμενοι· ὁ δὲ Θεὸς οὐχ οὕτως· ἀεὶ γὰρ μένει ἀληθὴς, ἐπιτελῶν ὅσα βούλεται. 23 Ἀποδοῦναι ἐκδίκησιν παρὰ Κυρίου τῇ Μαδιάμ. Ὁ γὰρ μηκέτι ἐν πνεύματι Θεοῦ λαλῶν, ἀλλὰ κατέναντι νόμου Θεοῦ, ἕτερον πορνείας νόμον ἱστάνων, οὗτος οὐκέτι ὡς προφήτης, ἀλλ' ὡς μάντις λογισθήσεται· μὴ ἐμμείνας γὰρ τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντολῇ, ἄξιον τῆς αὐτοῦ κακομηχανίας ἀντελάβετο μισθόν. 24 Ἴσθι ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἢ κενὸς ἐστὶν, ἢ πλήρης· εἰ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἔχει ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, οὐκ ἔχει γνῶσιν τοῦ κτίσαντος, οὐ παρεδέξατο τὴν ζωὴν Ἰησοῦν τὸν Χριστὸν, οὐκ οἶδε τὸν Πατέρα τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· εἰ οὐ βιοῖ κατὰ τὸν λόγον, κατὰ νόμον τὸν οὐράνιον, οὐ σωφρονεῖ, οὐ δικαιοπραγεῖ· ὁ τοιοῦτος κενός ἐστιν· εἰ δὲ κεχώρηκε τὸν εἰπόντα Θεὸν, ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς Θεὸς, οὗτος οὐκ ἔστι κενὸς, ἀλλὰ πλήρης. 25 Τὸ μὲν οὖν παιδάριον τὸ χειραγωγοῦν τὸν Σαμψὼν προτυπωθήσεται εἰς Ἰωάννην τὸν Βαπτιστὴν, ἐπιδεικνύντα τῷ λαῷ τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν πίστιν. Ὁ δὲ οἶκος, εἰς ὃν ἦσαν συνηγμένοι, σημαίνεται εἶναι ὁ κόσμος, ἐν ᾧ κατῴκει τὰ ἀλλόφυλα ἔθνη καὶ ἄπιστα, θυσιάζοντα τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὑτῶν· οἱ δὲ δύο στύλοι, αἱ δύο διαθῆκαι. Τὸ οὖν ἐπαναπαυθῆναι τὸν Σαμψὼν ἐπὶ τοὺς στύλους, τὸ τὸν διδαχθέντα λαὸν ἐπιγνῶναι τὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μυστήριον. 26 Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ· Ποῦ ἔπεσε; καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ τὸν τόπον· καὶ ἀπέκνισε ξύλον, καὶ ἔῤῥιψεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐπεπόλασε τὸ σιδήριον. Ὅπερ ἦν σημεῖον ἀναγωγῆς ψυχῶν διὰ ξύλου, ἐφ' οὗ πέπονθεν ὁ ψυχὰς ἀνάγειν δυνάμενος, ἀκολουθούσας ἀνόδῳ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ. Οὗ καὶ ἐκεῖνο γνώρισμα, τὸ ἀναβῆναι ψυχὰς πολλὰς καὶ ἐν τοῖς σώμασιν ὀφθῆναι, ἅμα τῇ καθόδῳ τῆς ἁγίας ψυχῆς Χριστοῦ. Ὡς γὰρ τὸ κουφότατον ξύλον ὑποβρύχιον γέγονεν, ὁ δὲ βαρύτατος ἐπεπόλασε σίδηρος· οὕτω τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγου ἑνώσει, τῇ καθ' ὑπόστασιν φυσικῇ, ἑνωθέντος τῇ σαρκὶ, τὸ βαρὺ καὶ γεῶδες ὑπὸ τῆς θείας φύσεως εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνελήφθη μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἀφθαρτισθέν. 27 Τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον Εὐαγγέλιον πρὸς Ἰουδαίους ἐγράφη· οὗτοι γὰρ ἐπεθύμουν πάνυ σφόδρα ἐκ σπέρματος ∆αβὶδ Χριστόν. Ὁ δὲ Ματθαῖος, καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον σφοδροτέραν ἔχων τὴν τοιαύτην ἐπιθυμίαν, παντοίως ἔσπευδε πληροφορίαν παρέχειν αὐτοῖς, ὡς εἴη ἐκ σπέρματος ∆αβὶδ ὁ Χριστός· διὸ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς γενέσεως αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο. 28 Ἡ ἀξίνη πρὸς τὴν ῥίζαν, φησί· διεγείρων πρὸς ἐπίγνωσιν τῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ τῷ φόβῳ καθαίρων, καὶ παρασκευάζων καρπὸν ὥριμον φέρειν. 29 Ἴδε κόκκος σινάπεως διὰ παραβολῆς δεικνύμενος, καὶ λόγον ἐνουράνιον, σπέρματος δίκην ἐν κόσμῳ, ὡς ἐν ἀγρῷ, σπειρόμενον, ἔχοντος ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸ πυῤῥακὲς καὶ αὐστηρὸν τῆς δυνάμεως. Κριτὴς γὰρ τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου ἐκηρύσσετο· οὗτος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς, ἐν χώματι κρυβεὶς, καὶ τριημέρῳ μέγιστον δένδρον γεννηθεὶς, ἐξέτεινε τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ κλάδους