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seven lamps upon it, and seven pipes for the lamps that were upon it; and two olive trees upon it; one on the right of its bowl, and one on the left. " What is the lampstand? and why is it golden, and what is the bowl upon it? what are the seven pipes of the seven lamps? and what are the two olive trees? and why are they on the right and on the left of the bowl? .................................................................. 224

SCHOLIA ..................................................................................................................... 232

QUESTION 64. ......................................................................................................... 234

What is the meaning of the saying in Jonah the prophet concerning Nineveh

which says: "In which dwell more than twelve myriads of men, who did not know their right hand nor their left hand, since from the letter I do not find a single consolation? For it did not say Children, so that I might think it was about infants, but Men. But what man, having his wits sound, is ignorant of his right hand or his left hand? but [Fr. or left; but] tell me who the men are, and what is the right hand, and what is the left, according to the anagogical sense. .................................................. 234

QUESTION 65........................................................................................................... 250

In the second book of Kings it is written: "That there was a famine in the days

of David for three years; year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said: On Saul, and on his house is the injustice; because he slew the Gibeonites, and he said to them: What shall I do for you, and with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord? And they said to the king: The man who consumed us, and who devised to destroy us, let us destroy him, that he may not stand in any border of Israel. Give us seven men of his sons, and we will hang them up to the Lord on the hill of Saul. And the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine; and the five sons of Merob the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel, and he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites; and they hanged them on a mountain before the Lord, and the seven fell there together; and they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the beginning of the barley harvest. And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself upon the rock, until the waters of God dropped on them from heaven. And they did all that the king commanded. And God hearkened to the land after this." Why after the death of Saul was David required to give satisfaction, when famine held the land, until he gave the seven men from the seed of Saul to be put to death by the Gibeonites. What is the force of these words, and how shall we consider them spiritually. ................................................................................................................... 250

QUESTIONS, AND ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES AND SELECTIONS.................................... 267

QUESTION 1............................................................................................................. 268

What are the virtues of the soul, and what are those of the body?.............................................................. 268

(788) QUESTION 2. .................................................................................................. 268

What is that which is said in the Apostle: "I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing also with the

understanding. " ................................................................................................................................. 268

QUESTION 3. ............................................................................................................ 268

What is: "I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins my mother conceived

me. " ................................................................................................................................ 268

QUESTION 4............................................................................................................. 268

What is that which is said by the Apostle. "to be anathema from Christ for the sake of

my kinsmen." ...................................................................................................... 268

QUESTION 5. ............................................................................................................ 269

In how many ways does man sin. ............................................... 269

QUESTION 6. .......................................................................................................... 269

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ἑπτά λύχνοι ἐπάνω αὐτῆς, καί ἑπτά ἐπαρυστρίδες τοῖς λύχνοις τοῖς ἐπάνω αὐτῆς· καί δύο ἐλαῖαι ἐπάνω αὐτῆς· μία ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ λαμπαδίου αὐτῆς, καί μία ἐξ εὐωνύμων. " Τίς ἡ λυχνία; καί διά τί χρυσῆ, καί τί τό λαμπάδιον τό ἐπάνω αὐτῆς; τίνες οἱ ἑπτά ἐπαρυστρίδες τῶν ἑπτά λύχνων; καί τίνες αἱ δύο ἐλαῖαι; καί διά τί ἐξ δεξιῶν καί ἐξ εὐωνύμων τοῦ λαμπαδίου; .................................................................. 224

ΣΧΟΛΙΑ ..................................................................................................................... 232 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ξ∆΄. ......................................................................................................... 234 Ποίαν ἔννοιαν ἔχει τό ῥητόν τό ἐν τῷ Ἰωνᾷ τῷ προφήτῃ περί τῆς Νινευή

φάσκον· " Ἐν ᾗ κατοικοῦσιν πλείους ἤ δώδεκα μυριάδες ἀνδρῶν, οἵτινες οὐκ ἔγνωσαν δεξιάν αὐτῶν οὐδέ ἀριστεράν αὐτῶν, ἐπειδή ἀπό τοῦ γράμματος οὐχ εὑρίσκω μίαν παθραμυθίαν; Οὐ γάρ εἶπε Παῖδας, ἵνα περί νηπίων νομίσω, ἀλλ᾿ Ἄνδρας. Ποῖος δέ ἀνήρ ἔχων ἀβλαβεῖς τάς φρένας, ἀγνοεῖ δεξιάν αὐτοῦ ἤ ἀριστεράν αὐτοῦ; ἀλλ᾿ [Fr. ἤ ἀριστεράν· ἀλλ᾿] εἰπέ τίνες οἱ ἄνδρες, καί τίς ἡ δεξιά, καί τίς ἡ ἀριστερά, κατά τόν τῆς ἀναγωγῆς λόγον. .................................................. 234

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΞΕ΄........................................................................................................... 250 Ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ τῶν Βασιλειῶν γέγραπται· " Ὅτι ἐγένετο λιμός ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις

∆αβίδ τρία ἔτη· ἐνιαυτός ἐχόμενος ἐνιαυτοῦ. Καί ἐξεζήτησε ∆αβίδ τό πρόσωπον Κυρίου. Καί εἶπε Κύριος· Ἐπί Σαούλ, καί ἐπί τόν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἡ ἀδικία· περί οὗ ἐθανάτωσε τούς Γαβαωνίτας, καί εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Τί ποιήσω ὑμῖν, καί ἐν τίνι ἐξιλάσομαι, καί εὐλογήσετε τήν κληρονομίαν Κυρίου; Καί εἶπον πρός τόν βασιλέα· Ὁ ἀνήρ, ὅς συνετέλεσεν ἡμᾶς, καί ἐλογίσατο ἐξολοθρεῦσαι ἡμᾶς, ἀφανίσωμεν αὐτόν, τοῦ μή ἑστάναι ἐν παντί ὁρίῳ Ἰσραήλ. ∆ότε ἡμῖν ἑπτά ἄνδρας ἐξ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, καί ἐξηλιάσομεν αὐτούς τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ Σαούλ. Καί ἔλαβεν ὁ βασιλεύς τούς δύο υἱούς Ῥεσφᾶς, θυγατρός Ἀϊᾶ παλλακῆς Σαούλ· καί τούς πέντε υἱούς Μερώβ θυγατρός Σαούλ, οὕς ἔτεκε τῷ Ἐσδριήλ, καί ἔδωκεν αὐτούς ἐν χειρί τῶν Γαβαωνιτῶν· καί ἐξηλίασαν αὐτούς ἐν ὄρει ἐναντίον Κυρίου, καί ἔπεσον ἐκεῖ οἱ ἑπτά ἐπιτοαυτό· καί ἐθανατώθησαν ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ, ἐν ἀρχῆ θερισμοῦ κριθῶν. Καί ἔλαβε Ῥεσφά θυγάτηρ Ἀϊᾶ τό σάκκον, καί διέστρωσεν αὐτόν ἑαυτῇ ἐπί τήν πέτραν, ἕως ἔσταξαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς ὕδατα Θεοῦ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ. Καί ἐποίησαν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεύς. Καί ἐπήκουσεν ὁ Θεός τῇ γῇ μετά ταῦτα." ∆ιατί τί μετά τόν θάνατον Σαούλ ὁ ∆αβίδ ἀπῃτήθη δίκας, λιμοῦ κρατήσαντος τήν γῆν, ἕως ἔδωκε τούς ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Σαούλ ἑπτά ἄνδρας θανατωθῆναι τοῖς Γαβαωνίταις. Τίς ἡ τούτων δύναμις τῶν λόγων, καί πῶς πνευματικῶς αὐτούς θεωρήσομεν. ................................................................................................................... 250 ΠΕΥΣΕΙΣ, ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΛΟΓΑΙ.................................... 267 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Α΄............................................................................................................. 268 Τίνες ἀρεταί ψυχῆς, καί τίνες σώματος;.............................................................. 268 (788) ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Β΄. .................................................................................................. 268 Τί ἐστι τό ἐν τῷ Ἀποστόλῳ εἰρημένον· " Ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι, ψαλῶ δέ καί τῷ

νοΐ. " ................................................................................................................................. 268 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Γ΄. ............................................................................................................ 268 Τί ἐστιν; " Ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην, καί ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ

μου. " ................................................................................................................................ 268 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ∆΄............................................................................................................. 268 Τί ἐστι τό παρά τῷ Ἀποστόλῳ λεγόμενον. "Ἀνάθεμα εἶναι ἀπό Χριστοῦ ὑπέρ

τῶν συγγενῶν μου." ...................................................................................................... 268 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ε΄. ............................................................................................................ 269 Κατά πόσους τρόπους ἐξαμαρτάνει ὁ ἄνθρωπος. ............................................... 269 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Στ΄. .......................................................................................................... 269