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has happened. However, even if the myrrh descends upon the head of Aaron, it comes down not upon any ordinary beard but upon the high-priestly one, from there also upon the fringe of the high-priestly garment. And the high-priestly garment of which the tunic of Aaron was a type is the Lord's body, the Holy Spirit having begotten it according to what was said about the virgin: For that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 1188 Ps 132,3 You will understand the mountains of Sion as the divine and catholic church, that is, the lofty doctrines of the truth, or those who by the uplifting of the soul have obtained to be the mountains of Sion. And a spiritual dew comes down upon these mountains, concerning which Moses [says], And let my words come down as dew, and in the prophet, For the dew from you is her healing. From this dew, which is heavenly, the dwelling of the blessed will be from heaven. And this spiritual dew does not come down from ordinary clouds, but from the light on high of him who says, I have come as a light into the world. For this light both bedews and lifts up and causes to be in the purest brightness.

1189 Ps 133,1 All the servants of the Lord bless the Lord, not far

standing from him but drawing near to him in spirit. Therefore they have also stood in the house of the Lord, firmly established in it. And they have stood also in the courts of the house of our God. And the courts of God in which those who fear him have stood are the divinely inspired scriptures and the doctrines of the truth. 1190 Ps 134 arg After the odes of the ascents were fulfilled, it was fitting for those who had ascended into his temple to praise God with thanksgiving, whose temple it is. Therefore the psalm is also inscribed with "Alleluia," the inscription signifying that the living God must be hymned.

1191 Ps 134,1-3 How were they not going to, who have ascended all the ascents with odes

and hymns, to stand in the house of the Lord with right understanding and irreproachable action, being his servants in the house of the Lord and to hymn him in the courts of the house of our God? And the courts of God are the old and new scriptures or the partial theologies or the many mansions in the Father's house in the promises. and to praise first according to the introductions his name, then the Lord himself by worshipping him and genuinely serving him. 1192 Ps 134,7 And allegorically, there might be certain spiritual clouds, pouring an intelligible and invisible rain. And these are brought up from the end of the earth, since not from great rulers, rich men, philosophers, orators but from men considered the last, whom it is customary * to call unlearned and ignorant men in the Gospel. But also lightnings, the luminous contemplations and righteousnesses, he has made into rain for the purpose of both illuminating and watering those things in need of these, suitably to the subjects at hand. and he brings forth winds from their treasuries, which signify mightier breaths and rational natures that have ascended above. 1193 Ps 134,13b.14 This memorial from the former generation of the Hebrews to the generation of the calling of the gentiles, about which it is written, The generation to come will be told to the Lord. And these things will remain, God pitying his people and being entreated in his servants. For having assented to the intercession and supplication of his servants sent up on behalf of the people and themselves he was entreated, that is, he accepted the supplication. Therefore he also pitied his people. 1194 Ps 134,19-21 And according to the anagogical sense, the house of Israel would be the insightful and those who will see God with a pure heart, and the house of Aaron those who serve him perfectly and sacerdotally continually and not day by day; and in addition to these, the house of Levi, inferior to the priests, yet being in the temple and [performing] the appropriate services in the house of

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γέγονεν. Ομως δὲ εἰ καὶ καταβαίνει τὸ μύρον ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ ̓Ααρών, οὐκ ἐπὶ τυχόντα πώγωνα ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀρχιερατικὸν κάτεισιν, ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ῳαν τοῦ ἀρχιερατικοῦ ἐνδύματος. ενδυμα δὲ ἀρχιερατικὸν ου τύπον εφερεν ὁ χιτὼν τοῦ ̓Ααρὼν τὸ κυριακόν ἐστι σῶμα, πνεύματος ἁγίου γεννήσαντος αὐτὸ κατὰ τὸ λεχθὲν περὶ τῆς παρθένου Τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθὲν ἐκ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἁγίου. 1188 Ps 132,3 Ορη δὲ Σιὼν νοήσεις τῆς θείας καὶ καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας ητοι τὰ ὑψηλὰ δόγματα τῆς ἀληθείας η οἱ διάρματι ψυχῆς τὸ ειναι τῆς Σιὼν ορη ἀπειληφότες. κάτεισι δ' ἐπὶ ταῦτα τὰ ορη πνευματικὴ δρόσος, περὶ ης Μωυσῆς Καὶ καταβήτω ὡς δρόσος τὰ ῥήματά μου, καὶ ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ ̔Η γὰρ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ιαμα αὐτῆς ἐστιν. ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς δρόσου ουσης οὐρανίου ἡ κατοικία τῶν εὐλογουμένων εσται ἐξ οὐρανοῦ. Αυτη δὲ ἡ πνευματικὴ δρόσος οὐκ ἐκ τῶν τυχόντων νεφῶν κάτεισιν, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τοῦ μετεώρου φωτὸς τοῦ λέγοντος ̓Εγὼ φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα. τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ φῶς καὶ δροσίζει καὶ μετεωρίζει καὶ ἐν ἀκραιφνεστάτῃ λαμπρότητι γενέσθαι ποιεῖ.

1189 Ps 133,1 Πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι κυρίου εὐλογοῦσι τὸν κύριον, οὐ μακρὰν

αὐτοῦ βεβηκότες ἀλλὰ συνεγγίζοντες αὐτῷ τῷ φρονήματι. διὸ καὶ ἑστήκασιν ἐν οικῳ κυρίου, βεβαίως ἐν αὐτῷ ἱδρυμένοι. ἑστήκασι δὲ καὶ ἐν αὐλαῖς οικου θεοῦ ἡμῶν. αὐλαὶ δὲ θεοῦ ἐν αις ἑστήκασιν οἱ φοβούμενοι αὐτὸν αἱ θεόπνευστοι γραφαὶ καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας τὰ δόγματα. 1190 Ps 134 αργ Μετὰ τὸ πληρωθῆναι τὰς τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν ᾠδὰς ἀκόλουθον ην τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν ναὸν ἀναβάντας αἰνέσαι χαριστηρίως τὸν θεὸν ου ναός ἐστι. διὸ καὶ ̓Αλληλούϊα ὁ ψαλμὸς ἐπιγέγραπται, σημαινούσης τῆς προγραφῆς τὸ δεῖν ὑμνεῖσθαι τὸν οντα θεόν.

1191 Ps 134,1-3 Πῶς δὲ οὐκ εμελλον οὐ πάντας τοὺς ἀναβαθμοὺς μετ' ᾠδῶν

καὶ υμνων ἀναβεβηκότες ἐν οικῳ κυρίου ἑστάναι ὀρθῷ νοήματι καὶ πράξει ἀνεπιλήπτῳ ἐν τῷ οικῳ κυρίου οντας αὐτοῦ δούλους καὶ ὑμνεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς οικου τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν; αὐλαὶ δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ αἱ παλαιαὶ καὶ νέαι γραφαὶ η κατὰ μέρος θεολογίαι η αἱ ἐν ἐπαγγελίαις ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς μοναὶ πλείονες. καὶ αἰνεῖν μὲν πρότερον κατὰ τὰς εἰσαγωγὰς τὸ ονομα αὐτοῦ, ειτ' αὐτὸν τὸν κύριον τῷ θεραπεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ γνησίως δουλεύειν αὐτῷ. 1192 Ps 134,7 Καὶ πρὸς ἀλληγορίαν δὲ ειεν αν τινες πνευματικαὶ νεφέλαι, νοητὸν καὶ ἀόρατον ὑετὸν ῥέουσαι. καὶ αυται ἐξ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς ἀνάγονται, ἐπεὶ μὴ ἐκ μεγάλων ἀρχόντων πλουσίων φιλοσόφων ῥητόρων ἀλλ' ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τὰ εσχατα νενοημένων, ους φιλον * ἀγραμμάτους καὶ ἰδιώτας καλεῖν ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ. ̓Αλλὰ καὶ ἀστραπὰς τὰς φωτεινὰς θεωρίας καὶ τὰς δικαιοσύνας εἰς ὑετὸν πεποίηκεν ἐπὶ τῷ φωτίζειν αμα καὶ ποτίζειν τὰ τούτων δεόμενα καταλλήλως τοῖς προκειμένοις. καὶ ἀνέμους ἐξάγει ἐκ θησαυρῶν αὐτῶν, οιτινες πνόας κρείττους σημαίνουσι καὶ λογικὰς ὑπεραναβεβηκυίας φύσεις. 1193 Ps 134,13b.14 Τοῦτο τὸ μνημόσυνον ἀπὸ τῆς προτέρας γενεᾶς τῆς τῶν ̔Εβραίων εως γενεᾶς τῆς κλήσεως τῶν ἐθνῶν, περὶ ης γέγραπται ̓Αναγγελήσεται τῷ κυρίῳ γενεὰ ἡ ἐρχομένη. διαμενεῖ δὲ ταῦτα, οἰκτείροντος τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ παρακαλουμένου ἐν τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ. ἐπινεύσας γὰρ τῇ πρεσβείᾳ καὶ παρακλήσει τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἑαυτῶν ἀναπεμπομένῃ παρεκλήθη, τουτέστι προσήκατο τὴν παράκλησιν. διὸ καὶ ῳκτειρε τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. 1194 Ps 134,19-21 Κατὰ δὲ ἀναγωγὴν ειεν μὲν οικος ̓Ισραὴλ οἱ διορατικοὶ καὶ καθαρᾷ καρδία τὸν θεὸν ὀψόμενοι, οικος δὲ ̓Ααρὼν οἱ τελείως καὶ ἱερατικῶς θεραπεύοντες αὐτὸν διηνεκῶς ἀλλ' οὐχ ἡμέραν παρ' ἡμέραν· καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ὁ τοῦ Λευὶ οικος ὑποδεέστεροι τῶν ἱερῶν, ομως δὲ οντες ἐν τῷ ναῷ καὶ τὰς ἐπιβαλλούσας ὑπηρεσίας ἐν τῷ οικῳ τοῦ