THEOSISEphraem the Syrian
Through this, the law directs attention to those who have shifted their affection from material possessions, utilizing only what is essential for their own requirements while generously offering the remainder to those in need.
Leviticus 11:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophimachus, and the locust, every, one according to their kind.
אֶת־אֵ֤לֶּה מֵהֶם֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ אֶת־הֽ͏ָאַרְבֶּ֣ה לְמִינ֔וֹ וְאֶת־הַסָּלְעָ֖ם לְמִינֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַחַרְגֹּ֣ל לְמִינֵ֔הוּ וְאֶת־הֶחָגָ֖ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey.
- Matt 3:4And the same John had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Ex 10:4But if thou resist, and wilt not let them go, behold I will bring in to-morrow the locusts into thy coasts;
- Ex 10:5To cover the face of the earth, that nothing thereof may appear, but that which the hail hath left may be eaten: for they shall feed upon all the trees that spring in the fields.
- Rom 15:1Now, we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- Rom 14:1Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.
- Heb 12:12Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees:
- Heb 12:13And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may go out of the way; but rather be healed.