Deuteronomy 3 in the early church
6 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 3, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Deuteronomy 3:3
So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 3:3 | Homilies on Numbers 13.3 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 3:3 | Against Celsus 7.19 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 248 |
Deuteronomy 3:9
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 3:9 | PG 12:1645 (Ps 132–133 LXX) · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Deut 3:9 | Against Helvidius 15 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 383 |
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 3:11 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXII (on Deut 5) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
Deuteronomy 3:12
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 3:12 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 801 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |