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good. 1010a Ps 104,26 Since not all are able of themselves and through themselves to depart from what is harmful, to those who are thus weak God sends guides and leaders who are able of the way that leads to good things. And these are the law of God, Moses, and the high-priestly word of which Aaron is a symbol; the one declaring what must be done, the other ministering to God on our behalf and conveying His graces to us; using these as leaders, we flee Egypt. 1011 Ps 104,37 But according to the spiritual sense you will understand how each one of those in these tribes, having health and strength, will say I can do all things through him who strengthens me, and being rich both in good works and in all speech and all knowledge, in silver and in gold, he is brought out of Egypt by God. For it is impossible for anyone who is weak and deprived of the aforementioned gold and silver to come out of Egypt.

1012 Ps 105,4-6 The present voice is especially that of the saints before the advent of the Savior, entreating, that the Lord might remember them in the good pleasure of his people, which he was pleased in his beloved son to save, having judged his own people and the world; for pointing to him he says, This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. Since, therefore, the divine prophets saw with the eye of the mind, desiring to see and to hear the things done and spoken by Jesus, they ask that they be remembered in the salvation according to the good pleasure. And Christ is often called the salvation of God, as also in "All flesh shall see the salvation of our God." The Baptist's father, revealing this visitation concerning God, says, "Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us." And when he has visited us in his salvation, it will be ours to become his elect and to behold in the goodness of his elect the joy that is brought to fulfillment and to rejoice in the divine feasting of the nation that is filled from all who believe. And may it be granted to us also to be praised with his inheritance, that is, that which he will offer us as heirs or that inheritance which he has. And what is this but the church from the Gentiles according to "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance"? For hereafter, attending to the law spiritually according to the gospel, they are praised with the aforementioned inheritance. And they are praised by God and by the holy powers who receive those who hasten to be well-pleasing to God. And the divine men, also taking up the person of those who repent for the evil they have done, and teaching how one must repent after sins, say, not "We are sinning," but "We have sinned with our fathers"; calling fathers either their ancestors and forefathers or those who had begotten them in wickedness. Therefore they put everything they would say in confession into the past tense, stating "We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly." And it is good that in enumerating the things for which they repent, they do not say "We have been impious"; for not being outside the Godhead but encompassed by it, being overcome by passions and a wicked disposition, they sinned and did the other things. 1013 Ps 105,9 He who rebuked the Red Sea has been confessed by all to be God. If, therefore, Jesus also rebukes the tossing sea, so that out of a great wave or surge there might be a calm, he is shown to be God, being himself the one who rebuked the Red Sea or the son of that one. Nevertheless, when God rebuked the Red Sea, it was dried up, so that what was formerly the sea, and called an abyss because of the multitude of its waters, became passable. 1014 Ps 105,19 And they made a calf in Horeb, having an image brought from Egypt of the Apis in Memphis. Therefore they worshiped this calf and other graven images, being held fast by the drama of polytheism. a calf, then,

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ἀγαθόν. 1010a Ps 104,26 ̓Επεὶ μὴ πάντες οιοί τέ εἰσιν ἐξ ἑαυτῶν καὶ δι' ἑαυτῶν ἀναχωρεῖν τῶν βλαβερῶν, τοῖς ουτως ἀσθενοῦσιν ἀποστέλλει θεὸς τοὺς δυναμένους ὁδηγοὺς καὶ ἡγεμόνας τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐπὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ φερούσης. εἰσὶ δὲ ουτοι ὁ θεοῦ νόμος Μωυσῆς καὶ ὁ ἀρχιερατικὸς λόγος ου σύμβολον ̓Ααρών· ὁ μὲν διαγορεύων τὰ πρακτέα, ὁ δὲ λειτουργῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῷ θεῷ καὶ τὰς ἐξ αὐτοῦ χάριτας διαπορθμεύων ἡμῖν· οις ἡγεμόσι χρώμενοι τὴν Αιγυπτον φεύγομεν. 1011 Ps 104,37 Κατὰ ἀναγωγὴν δὲ νοήσεις ὡς εκαστος τῶν ἐν ταύταις ταῖς φυλαῖς ὑγείαν καὶ σθένος εχων ἐρεῖ Πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με, πλουτῶν δὲ καὶ ἐν εργοις ἀγαθοῖς παντί τε λόγῳ καὶ πάσῃ γνώσει, ἐν ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσίῳ, καὶ εξω τῆς Αἰγύπτου ὑπὸ θεοῦ γίνεται. ἀδύνατον γὰρ ἀσθενοῦντά τινα καὶ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου τῶν προειρημένων στερούμενον ἐξελθεῖν τῆς Αἰγύπτου.

1012 Ps 105,4-6 ̔Αγίων ἐστὶν ἡ προκειμένη μάλιστα φωνὴ τῶν πρὸ τῆς

ἐπιδημίας τοῦ σωτῆρος παρακαλούντων, οπως μνησθῇ αὐτῶν ὁ κύριος ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ην ηὐδόκησεν ἐν τῷ ἀγαπητῷ υἱῷ ἑαυτοῦ σῶσαι κρίνας τὸν λαὸν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τὸν κόσμον· δεικνὺς γοῦν αὐτόν φησιν Ουτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ἐν ῳ ηὐδόκησα. ἐπεὶ ουν ομματι διανοίας ειδον οἱ θεῖοι προφῆται ἐπιθυμήσαντες ἰδεῖν καὶ ἀκοῦσαι τὰ πρὸς ̓Ιησοῦ γινόμενα καὶ λαλούμενα, ἀξιοῦσι μνήμην αὐτῶν γενέσθαι ἐν τῇ κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν σωτηρίᾳ. Σωτήριον δὲ θεοῦ πολλάκις ὁ Χριστὸς λέγεται, ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Οψεται πᾶσα σὰρξ τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν. ταύτην τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν ὁ τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ πατὴρ ἐμφανίζων περὶ θεοῦ φησι ∆ιὰ σπλάγχνα ἐλέους θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐν οις ἐπεσκέψατο ἡμᾶς ἀνατολὴ ἐξ υψους. ̓Επισκεψαμένου δὲ ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ σωτηρίῳ ἑαυτοῦ, ὑπάρξει ἡμῖν τὸ ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι καὶ θεάσασθαι ἐν τῇ χρηστότητι τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπιτελουμένην χαρὰν καὶ εὐφρανθῆναι ἐν τῇ θείᾳ εὐωχίᾳ τοῦ εθνους τοῦ συμπληρουμένου ἐκ πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων. Κατορθωθείη δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ τὸ ἐπαινεῖσθαι μετὰ τῆς κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ, ητοι ης ὀρέξει ἡμῖν ὡς κληρονόμοις η ης εχει κληρονομίας. τίς δὲ αυτη η ἡ ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἐκκλησία κατὰ τὸ Αιτησαι παρ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι εθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου; πνευματικῶς γὰρ λοιπὸν κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῷ νόμῳ προσέχοντες ἐπαινοῦνται μετὰ τῆς προειρημένης κληρονομίας. ἐπαινοῦνται δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν δυνάμεων ἀποδεχομένων τοὺς εὐδοκιμεῖν σπεύδοντας παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. ̓Αναλαμβάνοντες δὲ καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον οἱ θεῖοι ανδρες τῶν μεταγινωσκόντων ἐφ' οις εδρασαν κακῶς, καὶ διδάσκοντες πῶς μετὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας μετανοεῖν δεῖ φασιν, οὐχ ̔Αμαρτάνομεν, ἀλλ' ̔Ημάρτομεν μετὰ τῶν πατρῶν ἡμῶν· πατέρας ἑαυτῶν λέγοντες ητοι τοὺς προγόνους καὶ προγενεστέρους η τοὺς κατὰ κακίαν αὐτοὺς γεγεννηκότας. πάντ' ουν α λέξουσιν ἐξομολογούμενοι εἰς παρῳχηκότα χρόνον ἐνέκλιναν φάσκοντες ̔Ημάρτομεν ἠνομήσαμεν ἠδικήσαμεν. ευ δὲ καὶ τὸ ἀπαριθμουμένους ἐφ' οις μετανοοῦσι μὴ φάναι ̓Ησεβήσαμεν· οὐ γὰρ εξω τῆς θεότητος γενάμενοι ἀλλὰ περιεχόμενοι αὐτῆς ὑπὸ παθῶν καὶ μοχθηρᾶς εξεως ἡττώμενοι ἡμάρτανον καὶ τὰ αλλα ἐποίουν. 1013 Ps 105,9 ̔Ο ἐπιτιμήσας τῇ ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ πᾶσι θεὸς ἀνωμολόγηται. εἰ ουν καὶ ̓Ιησοῦς κλονουμένῃ ἐπιτιμᾷ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, ιν' ἐκ τρικυμίας η κλύδωνος γαλήνη γένηται, θεὸς ων ἀποδείκνυται αὐτὸς ων ὁ ἐπιτιμήσας τῇ ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ ῃ υἱὸς ἐκείνου. Ομως δ' ἐπιτιμήσαντος τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, ξηραίνεται ὡς διοδεύσιμον αὐτὴν γένεσθαι τὴν πάλαι θάλασσαν καὶ αβυσσον διὰ τὸ τῶν ὑδάτων πλῆθος ουτω καλουμένην. 1014 Ps 105,19 Καὶ ἐποίησαν μόσχον ἐν Χωρήβ, εχοντες φαντασίαν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου κομισθεῖσαν τοῦ ἐν Μέμφει Απιδος. διὸ καὶ πρὸς τούτῳ τῷ μόσχῳ καὶ ἑτέροις γλυπτοῖς προσεκύνησαν, συνεσχημένοι τῷ δράματι τῆς πολυθεότητος. αὐτίκα γοῦν μόσχον