Numbers 34 in the early church

6 passages quote, allude to, or echo Numbers 34, 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.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 13 · 17

Numbers 34:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 34:1–12	Homilies on Numbers 28.1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

Numbers 34:2

“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 34:2	Letter 78.43 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 34:3

Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 34:3	Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 581 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Num 34:3–12	Letter 129.5 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Numbers 34:13

So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 34:13–29	Homilies on Numbers 28.2 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

Numbers 34:17

“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Num 34:17	Letter 78.43 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419