Treatise on the Mysteries of Numbers
Tractatus de numerorum mysteriis
On the Mystery of Numbers§1
1Faith is. Faith toward God is a thing unfathomable, incomprehensible, unseen, ungraspable, unstained, silently honored, and worshipped in the mind; it is the soul's foundation, the living root of life, an unfading branch, the fruit of immortality, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, and the justification of all the holy.
Regarding the Holy Trinity: the Trinity is simple, uncompounded, indivisible, unutterable, inexplicable, and indissoluble: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; they are of one substance in all things, according to harmony, according to power, according to energy, according to divinity, and according to magnitude, being divided only in subsistence and name, yet united in power and in works. The Trinity existed before the ages, without beginning, without end, without decay, without death, without limitation, neither deserving nor lacking, always remaining the same as itself, not newly found, but always worshipped, proclaimed by the apostles, and magnified by the faithful Church; it is almighty, all-seeing, the Creator, loving, good, unhindered, and perfect. For the number of the Trinity itself, as it is presented in the divine Scriptures, is mysterious and a wonder.
The cherubim sing 'Holy, holy, holy' to the Lord (Isaiah 6:3). There are three great elements: heaven, earth, and sea. There are three things in us: mind, spirit, and word. There were three fathers: Adam, Seth, and Enoch. There were three patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Three angels appeared to Abraham by his tent. Abraham's sacrifice lasted three days. Sarah took three measures of fine flour and set them before the angels. Jacob peeled three rods and set them in the watering troughs. After three decades, Joseph became king. Moses was hidden by his parents for three months. The Egyptians suffered three times three, or nine, plagues. After three months, the law was written on stone tablets as the Israelites left Egypt. The wilderness provided three good things: water, quail, and manna. Moses appeared before the Lord three times. There were three priests: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel. There were three mighty commanders: Joshua son of Nun, Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Phinehas. Three men stood by the rock against Amalek: Moses, Joshua, and Hur. There were three mighty judges: Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson. There were three elders of the sons of Israel: Moses, Job, and Daniel. Daniel fasted for three weeks. Three boys, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, did not worship the golden image. As Solomon said, the earth trembles at three things: if a servant becomes king, and a fool is filled with food, and a hateful woman happens to a good man (Proverbs 30:21-23). Three things are never satisfied: Sheol, the lust of a woman, and cracked earth (Proverbs 30:15-16). Three things are beyond tracing: the track of an eagle in flight, the way of a serpent on rock, and the path of a ship in the sea (Proverbs 30:18-19). Three things go prosperously: a lion's cub stronger than beasts, a rooster walking among hens, and a he-goat leading the flock (Proverbs 30:29-31). The woman of Tekoa, the Shunammite woman, and Abigail were three wise women; the woman of Tekoa rescued her husband Nabal, the Shunammite woman rescued Absalom by craft, and the one who ran to the son of the prophet and did not fail to recognize him saved him. Three women were prophetesses and tambourine players: Miriam, Deborah, and Judith. Three women were holy: Sarah, Rebekah…
Greek · §1
Tractatus de numerorum mysteriis ΤΟΥ ΕΝ ΑΓΙΟΙΣ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΙΘΜΩΝ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΩΝ. Περὶ πίστεως. Αʹ. Πίστις ἐστί. Πίστις δὲ ἡ εἰς Θεὸν πρᾶγμα ἀψηλάφητον, ἀκατάληπτον, ἀθεώρητον, ἀπολυπραγμόνητον, ἀκαστορητὴς, σιωπῇ τιμώμενον, καὶ νῷ προσκυνούμενον, ἕδρα ψυχῆς, θεμέλιον ζωῆς, ῥίζα ζῶσα, κλάδος ἀμάραντος, καρπὸς ἀθανασίας, ἐλπιζομένων πραγμάτων ὑπόστασις, ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων, πάντων τῶν ἁγίων δικαίωσις. 43.509 Περὶ τῆς ἁγίας Τριάδος. Βʹ. Τριὰς ἁπλῆ, ἀσύνθετος, ἀσυνείκαστος, ἀνέκφραστος, ἀδιήγητος, ἀδιόρεστος· Πατὴρ, Υἱὸς, ἅγιον Πνεῦμα· ὁμοούσιος κατὰ πάντα, κατὰ συμφωνίαν, κατὰ δύναμιν, κατ' ἐνέργειαν, κατὰ θεότητα, κατὰ μέγεθος, ἐν ὑποστάσει, καὶ ὀνόμασι μόνον διηρημένη, ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ πράγμασιν ἡνωμένη. Τριὰς πρὸ αἰώνων ὑπάρχουσα, ἄναρχος, ἄχρονος, ἀγήρατος, ἀθάνατος, ἀτελεύτητος, οὐκ ἄξουσα, οὐ λήγουσα, ἀεὶ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ὡς αὔτως τυγχάνουσα, οὐ νῦν εὑρεθεῖσα, ἀεὶ δὲ προσκυνουμένη, ὑπὸ ἀποστόλων κηρυττομένη, ὑπὸ Ἐκκλησίας πιστῆς μεγαλυνομένη· παντοδύναμος, παντεπίσκοπος, δημιουργὸς, φιλάνθρωπος, ἀγαθὴ, ἀπροσδεὴς, τελεία. Ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῆς Τριάδος αὐτῆς ὁ παρὰ ταῖς θείαις Γραφαῖς ἐμφερόμενος μυστηριώδης ἐστὶ καὶ θαῦμα. Γʹ. Τρίτον τὰ χερουβεὶμ τὸ Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος Κύριος ἀνυμνεῖ. Τρία τὰ μεγάλα στοιχεῖα· οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, καὶ θάλασσα. Τρία τὰ ἐν ἡμῖν· νοῦς, πνεῦμα, λόγος. Τρεῖς πατέρες, Ἀδὰμ, Σὴθ, Ἐνώχ. Τρεῖς πατριάρχαι, Ἀβραὰμ, Ἰσαὰκ, Ἰακώβ. Τρεῖς ἄγγελοι παρὰ σκηνὴν Ἀβραάμ. Τρεῖς ἡμέραι τῆς θυσίας τοῦ Ἀβραάμ. Τρία μέτρα σεμιδάλεως ἡ Σάῤῥα λαβοῦσα τοὺς ἀγγέλους παρέθηκε. Τρεῖς ῥάβδους Ἰακὼβ πελεκίσας ταῖς ληνοῖς τῶν ποτιστηρίων ἐνέθηκε. Τρεῖς δεκάδες ἐνιαυτῶν, καὶ τότε βασιλεὺς Ἰωσήφ. Τρεῖς μῆνας παρὰ τοῖς γονεῦσιν κρυπτόμενος Μωϋσῆς. Τρὶς τρεῖς ἐννέα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων αἱ μάστιγες. Τρεῖς μῆνας ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ τότε νόμος ἐγράφη, καὶ πλάκες ἐξήλεων. Τρία τἀγαθὰ τῆς ἐρήμου· ὕδωρ, ὀρτυγομήτρα, τὸ μάννα. Τρεῖς, φησὶ, καιροὺς Μωϋσῆς ὤφθη ἐνώπιον Κυρίου. Τρεῖς ἱερεῖς, Μωϋσῆς, Ἀαρὼν, Σαμουήλ. Τρεῖς στρατηγοὶ θαυμαστοὶ, Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναυῆ, Χάλεβ Ἰεφονὴ, καὶ Φινεές. Τρεῖς οἱ κατὰ Ἀμαλὴκ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας ἱστάμενοι· Μωϋσῆς, Ἰησοῦς, Ὤρ. Τρεῖς κριταὶ δυναστοὶ, Γεδεὼν, Ἰεφθάε, Σαμψών. Τρεῖς πρεσβῦται τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· Μωϋσῆς, Ἰὼβ, ∆ανιήλ. Τρεῖς ἑβδομάδες ἡ νηστεία τοῦ ∆ανιήλ. Τρεῖς οἱ παῖδες οἱ τῇ εἰκόνι τῇ χρυσῇ μὴ προσκυνήσαντες· Σιδρὰχ, Μισὰχ, Ἀβδεναγώ. ∆ιὰ τριῶν σείεται ἡ γῆ, ὡς ἔλεγε Σολομών· ἐὰν οἰκέτης, φησὶ, βασιλεύσῃ, καὶ ἄφρων πλησθῇ σιτίων, καὶ μισητὴ γυνὴ ἐὰν τύχῃ ἀνδρὸς ἀγαθοῦ. Τρία ἐστὶν, ἃ ἐμπίπλαται, ᾅδης, ἔρως γυναικὸς, γῆ ψαφαρά. Τρία ἐστὶν ἀκατάληπτα· ἴχνη ἀετοῦ πετομένου, ὁδὸς ὄφεως ἐπὶ πέτρας, τρίβος ποντοπορούσης νηός. Τρία ἐστὶν ἅπερ εὐόδως πορεύονται· σκύμνος λέοντος ἰσχυρότερος κτηνῶν, ἀλέκτωρ ἐμπεριπατῶν ἐν θη 43.512 λείαις ἔμψυχος, τράγος ἡγούμενος αἰπολίου. Τρεῖς σοφαὶ γυναῖκες, ἡ Θεκουῆτις, ἡ Σουναμῖτις, ἡ Ἀβιγαία· ἡ μὲν γὰρ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Νάβαλ, ἡ δὲ Ἀβεσαλὼν διὰ τέχνης, ἡ δὲ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ προφήτου προσδραμοῦσα, καὶ μὴ ἀπογνοῦσα, διέσωσεν. Τρεῖς γυναῖκες προφήτιδες τυμπανήστριαι· Μαριὰμ, ∆εββόρα, Ἰουδίθ. Τρεῖς ἅγιαι γυναῖκες· Σάῤῥα, Ῥεβέκκα,
The Significance of Three§2
2Brevity.
Three kings are remembered: David, Hezekiah, and Josiah.
There are three classes of beings: the heavenly, the earthly, and the underworld.
There are three virtues: faith, hope, and love.
There are three gifts from God: kingdom, priesthood, and prophecy.
There are three times: the present, the past, and the future.
The possessions of the righteous are three: paradise, the bosom of Abraham, and the kingdom of heaven.
The punishments of the sinners are three: darkness, the worm, and Gehenna.
There are three renewals of the world: the one in the time of Noah, the one in the time of the Lord, and the one at the consummation.
As for the third Elijah, the members of the bellowing and the wood poured out from heaven according to streams of fire.
Daniel prayed on the third day.
The Virgin has made three months' stay in the house of Zechariah.
The three gifts presented to the Lord by the magi were gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
There are three baptisms: the legal one, that of John, and that of the Lord.
The three invocations of baptism are into the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
There are three submersions and three emergences of the baptism.
The Lord has three victories against the devil: not to eat after fasting, not to worship the defiled, and not to throw oneself down.
Three days after the baptism, the water becomes wine of excellence.
There are three reproaches against the Virgin of the Only-begotten: 'Why do you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house? What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet come; who is my mother, and who are my brothers?'
Three disciples weep more than the others: Peter, James, and John.
The time of the Lordly signs is three years.
The Lord came seeking fruit for the fig tree for three years, but he found none.
Three times the Lord issued a curse: to the fig tree, saying, 'No more shall fruit be born from you for ever'; to the Synagogue, 'Not one stone shall remain upon another'; and to Judah, 'Woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered to be crucified.'
Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the whale. The destruction of Nineveh was also three days. The death of the Savior lasted three days, and the Lord's resurrection from the dead by His authority was also three days.
Paul ascended after being caught up through three days; three times he was exhorted concerning the stumbling block so that he might turn away from it; three times he was caught up in a cloud, and he ascended into a third heaven.
A woman, resembling the kingdom of the heavens, took three measures of flour and, having hidden it in a little leaven, leavened the whole batch, according to what is written. For the number, as a double triple, is preserved in the Divine Scripture regarding great matters.
In six days God created the world. On the sixth day He formed Adam. On the sixth hour, having been stripped by sin, he sought God. Sixth, He appeared to Abraham: once in Harran, thirdly through dreams; fourthly upon the covenant of the letter of the name; and fifthly upon the noon of Mamre.
Greek · §2
Λεία. Τρεῖς οἱ μνημονευόμενοι βασιλεῖς· ∆αυῒδ, Ἐζεκίας, Ἰωσίας. Τρεῖς τάξεις τῶν ὄντων·ἐπουρανίων, ἐπιγείων, καταχθονίων. Τρεῖς ἀρεταὶ, πίστις, ἐλπὶς, ἀγάπη. Τρία δῶρα παρὰ Θεοῦ, βασιλεία, ἱερωσύνη, προφητεία. Τρεῖς χρόνοι, ἐνεστώτων, παρεληλυθότων, μελλόντων. Τρία τῶν δικαίων τὰ κτήματα, παράδεισος, Ἀβραὰμ κόλπος, οὐρανῶν βασιλεία. Τρεῖς τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν αἱ τιμωρίαι, σκότος, σκώληξ, Γέεννα. Τρεῖς ἀνανεώσεις τοῦ κόσμου· ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ Νῶε, ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς συντελείας. Τρίτον Ἠλίας τὰ μέλη τοῦ βοὸς καὶ τὰ ξύλα καταῤῥάνας τὸ ἐξ οὐρανῶν κατὰ στύγας πῦρ. Τρίτον τῆς ἡμέρας ηὔχετο ∆ανιήλ. Τρεῖς μῆνας εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ζαχαρίου πεποίηκεν ἡ Παρθένος. Τρία τὰ προσενεχθέντα δῶρα τῷ Κυρίῳ παρὰ τῶν μάγων· χρυσὸς, λίβανος, σμύρνα. Τρία βαπτίσματα, τὸ νομικὸν, τὸ Ἰωάννου, τὸ τοῦ Κυρίου. Τρεῖς αἱ τοῦ βαπτίσματος ἐπικλήσεις, εἰς Πατέρα καὶ Υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα. Τρεῖς αἱ καταδύσεις, καὶ τρεῖς αἱ ἀναδύσεις τοῦ βαπτίσματος. Τρεῖς αἱ κατὰ τοῦ διαβόλου νῖκαι τοῦ Κυρίου· τὸ μὴ φαγεῖν μετὰ τὸ πεινάσαι, τὸ μὴ προσκυνῆσαι τὸν μιαρὸν, τὸ μὴ καταβάλλειν ἑαυτόν. Τρεῖς ἡμέραι μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα, καὶ τότε τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνος ἐξαίρετος. Τρεῖς αἱ κατὰ τῆς Παρθένου τοῦ Μονογενοῦς ἐπιτιμήσεις· Τί ὅτι ἐζητεῖτέ με; οὐκ ᾔδεις ὅτι ἐν τοῖς τοῦ Πατρός μου δεῖ με εἶναι; Τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοὶ, γύναι; οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου· τίς ἐστιν ἡ μήτηρ μου, καὶ τίνες οἱ ἀδελφοί μου; Τρεῖς οἱ πλέον τῶν ἄλλων θαῤῥούμενοι μαθηταί· Πέτρος, Ἰάκωβος, Ἰωάννης. Τρία ἔτη τῶν δεσποτικῶν σημείων ὁ χρόνος. Τρία ἔτη ζητῶν καρπὸν εἰς τὴν συκῆν ὁ Κύριος ἦλθε, καὶ οὐχ ηὗρεν. Τρισὶν ὁ Κύριος κατηράσατο· τῇ συκῇ· Μηκέτι ἐκ σοῦ καρπὸς γένηται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· τῇ Συναγωγῇ· Λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον οὐ μὴ μένει· τῷ Ἰούδᾳ· Οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ, δι' οὗ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς τὸ σταυρωθῆναι. Τρεῖς ἡμέρας, καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας Ἰωνᾶς εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τοῦ κήτους πεποίηκε. Τριήμερον ἡ κατὰ Νινευϊτῶν ἀποφορά. Τριήμερος τοῦ Σωτῆρος ὁ θάνατος, τριήμερος καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν κατ' ἐξουσίαν ἀνάστασις τοῦ Κυρίου. ∆ιὰ τριῶν ὁ Παῦλος ἡμερῶν ἀνέβλεψε πηρωθείς· τρὶς τὸν Κύριον περὶ τοῦ σκόλοπος παρεκέλευσεν, ἵνα ἀποστῇ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ· τρὶς ἐναυάγησεν· εἰς τρίτον οὐρανὸν ἀναβέβηκε. Τρία σάτα ἀλεύρου καὶ ἡ τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν ὁμοιωθεῖσα γυνὴ λαβοῦσα, καὶ εἰς μικρὰν ζύμην ἐγκρύψασα, 43.513 ὅλον τὸ φύραμα, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, ἐζύμωσεν. {Ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς ὡς διπλῆ τριὰς ἐπὶ μεγάλων πραγμάτων, ἐν τῇ θείᾳ Γραφῇ παρατετήρηται.} ∆ʹ. Ἐν ἓξ ἡμέραις ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον κατεσκεύασεν. Ἕκτην ἡμέραν ἔπλασε τὸν Ἀδάμ. Ἕκτην ὥρανγυμνωθέντα παρὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας δήλης ἐζήτησεν. Ἕκτον ὤφθη τῷ Ἀβραάμ· ἅπαξ εἰς Χαῤῥὰν *** τρίτον καθ' ὕπνους· τέταρτον ἐπὶ τῆς προσθήκης τοῦ γράμματος τοῦ ὀνόματος· πέμπτον ἐπὶ τῆς Μαμβρῆ μεσημβρίας,
Numerology of Six and Seven§3
3…At the sixth hour, the sacrifice of the only-begotten was made on the mountain. Six years to serve the Hebrews was commanded. In the sixth month, Gabriel was sent to the Virgin. Into six jars, the water was made into wine. At the sixth hour, the Samaritan woman was spoken to by the well. Before six days of the Passover, Lazarus was raised. At the sixth hour, the thief was loved while being crucified. After having been raised from the dead, he appeared: to the women, to Cleopas, to the disciples without Thomas, to the disciples with Thomas, to Peter and John as they cast the net, and to the last of the ascension. Sixth, as Paul says, he appeared to the brothers: to Cephas, to the ten, to the five hundred, once to James, to all the apostles, and to Paul himself last. Six great mysteries the Lord our Jesus Christ performed among them, as Paul says: He was filled in the flesh, he was justified in spirit, he appeared to angels, he was proclaimed among the nations, he was believed in the world, and he was taken up in glory. Through six letters, the great names are written: Adonai, Sabaoth, Jesus, Lord, Physician, Good, Cloud, and Miriam. For also the seven is the perfect number.
On the seventh day, God rested from all his works. Seven avenging things he released upon Cain as he ascended. For seven sins the defiled one had worked: envy, deceit, the murder of a brother, being a first teacher of murder, becoming a pest to such a life, having grieved his parents, and having lied to God. Seven and with punishments he fell: he cursed the earth, he was working, he groaned having cut off, we trembled, it was in appearance, he struggled against the coming one, and he had a sign making him public.
Seventh was Enoch, after Adam, who pleased God, and like wheat of tares, he was separated from the ungodly. Seven the first, and seven the second years, about Rachel, Jacob served Laban. Seven sheep rams Abraham gifted to Abimelech as a testimony of the mastery of the well. Seven oxen signified famine, and seven ears of grain drew prosperity for the tables, of Pharaoh the dream. Seven sacred trumpets Joshua the son of Nun carried, and the walls of Jericho he brought down. In the seventh year of the slavery, the Jews are released from the Hebrews. From the fifteenth until the first twentieth, in which the Passover of the Jews was being performed, seven were the days of the feast. Seven nations God recorded for the Jews: the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Philistines, the Gergesenes, the Amorites, the Jebusites, and the Abarites. Seven of the tent were made in six days by the sister of Moses, having been set apart. Seven locks Samson was bound by, and he cut them as grass. Seven locks of hair he had; from them the scalp's strength and power fled. Seven eyes are the ones looking upon all the earth. Seven lampstands, and seven lamps Zechariah saw, because there are seven spirits from God. Seven of the Holy Spirit are the gifts: the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of understanding, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of might, and the spirit of knowledge.
Greek · §3
ἕκτην ὥραν· ἕκτον ἐπὶ τῆς θυσίας τοῦ μονογενοῦς ἐν τῷ ὄρει. Ἓξ ἔτη δουλεύειν Ἑβραίοις παρήγγειλεν. Ἕκτῳ μηνὶ τὸν Γαβριὴλ πρὸς τὴν Παρθένον ἀπέστειλεν. Εἰς ἓξ ὑδρείας τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον πεποίηκε. Ἕκτην ὥραν τῇ Σαμαρείτιδι παρὰ τὸ φρέαρ ὡμίλησε. Πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ Πάσχα τὸν Λάζαρον ἤγειρεν. Ἕκτην ὥραν τῷ λῃστῇ σταυρούμενος ἐφιλιώθη. Ἕκτον ὤφθη μετὰ τὸ ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἐγερθῆναι· ταῖς γυναιξὶν, τῷ Κλεώπᾳ, τοῖς μαθηταῖς χωρὶς τοῦ Θωμᾶ, τοῖς μαθηταῖς μετὰ τοῦ Θωμᾶ, Πέτρῳ καὶ Ἰωάννῃ τὸ δίκτυον ἐλοῦσιν, τῇ τελευταίᾳ τῆς ἀναλήψεως. Ἕκτον, ὡς λέγει Παῦλος, ἐφάνη τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς· τῷ Κηφᾷ, τοῖς δέκα, τοῖς πεντακοσίοις, ἐφ' ἅπαξ Ἰακώβῳ, τοῖς ἀποστόλοις πᾶσιν, αὐτῷ τῷ Παύλῳ τελευταῖον. Ἓξ ἑνὶ αὐτῶν μεγάλα μυστήρια ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, ὡς λέγει Παῦλος· Ἐπληρώθη ἐν σαρκὶ, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήφθη ἐν δόξῃ. ∆ι' ἓξ γραμμάτων τὰ μεγάλα ὀνόματα γράφεται· ἀδωναῒ, σαβαὼθ, Ἰησοῦς, Κύριος, ἰατρὸς, ἀγαθὸς, νεφέλη, Μαριάμ. Ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἑπτὰ τέλειος ἀριθμός. Εʹ. Ἑβδόμῃ ἡμέρᾳ κατέπαυσεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ὁ Θεός. Ἑπτὰ ἐκδικούμενα παρέλυσε τὸν Κάϊν ἀνελών. Ἑπτὰ γὰρ ἁμαρτίας ὁ μιαρὸς ἐργασάμενος, φθόνον, δόλον, φόνον ἀδελφοῦ, φόνων διδάσκαλος πρῶτος, μῦσος τοῦ οὕτω βίῳ γενόμενος, γονεῖς λυπήσας, ἐψεύσατο Θεόν. Ἑπτὰ καὶ τιμωρίαις ὑπέπεσε· ᾤκει κατηραμένην τὴν γῆν, εἰργάζετο, ἀφορῶν ἔστενεν, ἔτρεμεν, ἀπ' ὄψεως ἦν, ἠγωνία τὸν παριόντα, σημεῖον εἶχε δημοσιεῦον αὐτόν. Ἕβδομος Ἐνὼχ, μετὰ τὸν Ἀδὰμ, ὃς εὐηρέστησε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ὡς σῖτος ζιζανίων, τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐχωρίσθη. Ἑπτὰ τὸ πρῶτον, καὶ ἑπτὰ τὸ δεύτερον ἔτη περὶ Ῥαχὴλ Ἰακὼβ τῷ Λάβαν ἐδούλευσεν. Ἑπτὰ προβάτων ἀμνοὺς Ἀβραὰμ τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἐχαρίσατο τῆς τοῦ φρέατος δεσποτείας μαρτύριον. Ἑπτὰ βόες στίλε λιμοῦ, καὶ ἑπτὰ στάχυες πίνακες εὐθηνίαν διέγραψαν, τοῦ Φαραὼ τὸ ἐνύπνιον. Ἑπτὰ σάλπιγγας ἱερὰς ἐβάστασεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ, ὁπηνίκα τῆς Ἱεριχῶ τὰ τείχη κατήνεγκεν. Ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει τῆς δουλείας Ἑβραίους ἀπο 43.516 λύουσιν Ἰουδαῖοι. Ἀπὸ πεντεκαιδεκάτης ἕως πρώτης εἰκάδος, ἐν αἷς ἐπετελεῖτο τὸ Πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἑπτὰ τῆς ἑορτῆς ἡμέραι. Ἑπτὰ δοῦλα τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ἔθνη κατέγραψεν ὁ Θεὸς, τῶν Χαναναίων, τῶν Χετταίων, καὶ Φερεσταίων, τῶν Γεργεσαίων, τῶν Εὐαίων, τῶν Ἰεβουσαίων, τῶν Ἀβραίων. Ἑπτὰ τῆς σκηνῆς πεποίηκεν ἓξ ἡμέρας ἡ ἀδελφὴ Μωϋσέως ἀφορισθεῖσα. Ἑπτὰ κλήμασιν ἐδέθη Σαμψὼν, καὶ διέκοψεν αὐτὰ ὡς σπαρτίον. Ἑπτὰ βοστρύχους ἱεροὺς εἶχε τριχῶν· ὧν ἡ κουρὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν καὶ δύναμιν ἐφυγάδευσεν. Ἑπτὰ ὀφθαλμοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐπιβλέποντες ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. Ἑπτὰ ἐπαρυστρίδας, καὶ ἑπτὰ λύχνους ἦν ἑώρακε Ζαχαρίας, ὅτι ἑπτὰ πνεύματα παρὰ Θεοῦ. Ἑπτὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὰ χαρίσματα· πνεῦμα σοφίας, πνεῦμα συνέσεως, πνεῦμα βουλῆς, πνεῦμα ἰσχύος, πνεῦμα γνώσεως,
Piety and Redemption§4
4The spirit of piety and the spirit of fear of God are essential for a life of devotion, as Wisdom is supported by seven pillars in its own tent.
A group of seven women will humbly approach the one Lord, asking to be allowed to eat their own bread and wear their own clothes, but most importantly, they beg that His name be called over them, and that He take away their reproach.
The seven legal books, which testify to Christ, confirm that He, having become flesh, bore their reproach, and these books are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges.
For if He had not become human, the writings would have been mythical and without substance, because He was placed innocently, like Isaac, and suffered impassibly, bearing His own cross on His shoulders, thus confirming the things written in the book of Genesis.
He dwelled in a virgin's womb and did not consume the one bearing Him with the fire of divinity, erasing the things written in the book of Exodus.
As a high priest, like Aaron, He presented the things written in Leviticus, and He connected the Old Covenant with the New Covenant, saying: It was said to the ancients, 'Do not commit adultery' (Matthew 5:27-28), but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to commit adultery with her has already committed adultery in his heart, and also, 'Do not resist the evil person, and if someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other cheek as well' (Matthew 5:38-39).
The Lord led our race into true rest, preparing different dwellings for us in the heavens, and revealing the things written in the book of Numbers.
By entering the Jordan and sanctifying its waters, He demonstrated His power, and by recalling the sun that was fleeing on the cross, He worked a miracle that resulted in a double day instead of a single one, all of which is recorded in the book of Joshua for those who read carefully.
Furthermore, the Lord placed His beloved soul as a ransom for us, interpreting the events recorded in the book of Judges, where Jephthah offered his daughter to God as a burnt offering for the people.
The number seven holds significant meaning, as seen in the seven sons of Jesse, the seventh position of Moses from Abraham, and the seven letters used to write the name John and the title of Christ.
This number is also reflected in the seven deacons chosen by the disciples to serve the Christians, namely Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas, as well as the seven sons who endured the tyranny of Antioch.
In short, the number seven is praiseworthy and wonderful, for the Lord Himself cries out in writing from above, saying 'Honor the Sabbath day and sanctify it' (Exodus 20:8-11), because on it God rested from all His works that He had begun to create, and this is why we should honor the Sabbath day.
Therefore, glory to Him forever and ever, Amen.
Greek · §4
πνεῦμα εὐσεβείας, πνεῦμα φόβου Θεοῦ. Ἑπτὰ στύλους ὑπεστήρισε τῆς οἰκείας σκηνῆς ἡ σοφία. Ἑπτὰ γυναῖκες παρὰ τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ τὸν ἕνα κύριον δυσωπήσουσι λέγουσαι· Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν φαγώμεθα, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ἡμῶν περιβαλλώμεθα. Πλὴν τὸ ὄνομά σου κεκλήσθω ἐφ' ἡμᾶς· ἄφελε τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν. Ἑπτὰ γὰρ βίβλοι νομικαὶ τῷ Χριστῷ μαρτυροῦσιν, ὅτι τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν σαρκωθεὶς αὐτὸς παρεῖλεν· Γένεσις, Ἔξοδος, Λευϊτικὸν, Ἀριθμοὶ, ∆ευτερονόμιον, Ἰησοῦς, Κριταί. Εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐνηνθρώπησεν, ὡς μυθικαὶ παρεγράφοντο. Τυθεὶς ἀθύτως, ὡς Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ παθὼν ἀπαθῶς, καὶ τὸν οἰκεῖον βαστάσας ἐπ' ὤμων σταυρὸν, τὰ ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ κείμενα τῆς Γενέσεως ἐβεβαίωσεν. Ἐν παρθενικῇ χωρήσας γαστρὶ, καὶ μὴ καταναλώσας τῷ πυρὶ τῆς θεότητος τὴν βαστάζουσαν, τὴν καιομένην, καὶ μὴ κατακαιομένην βάτον, τὴν ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῆς Ἐξόδου κειμένην, διέγραψεν. Ἀρχιερεύσας, ὡς Ἀαρὼν, τὰ πρὸς Θεὸν μεσιτεύσας ἡμῖν, τὰ ἐν τῷ Λευϊτικῷ γεγραμμένα παρέστησε. Τῇ Παλαιᾷ τὴν Καινὴν ∆ιαθήκην συνάψας, καὶ λέγων· Ἐῤῥέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις· Οὐ μοιχεύσεις· ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ἐμβλέπων γυναικὶ πρὸς τὸ μοιχεῦσαι αὐτὴν, ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ πάλιν· Ἐῤῥέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις· Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀδόντος· ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῷ, ἀλλ' ὅστις σε ῥαπίσῃ ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην· τὰ ἐν τῷ ∆ευτερονομίῳ παρέδωκεν δευτέρας, καὶ ἐπαναλαβὼν τὰ ὠφέλιμα. Εἰς τὴν ἀληθινὴν κατάπαυσιν εἰσαγαγὼν τὸ γένος ἡμῶν, καὶ διαφόρους μονὰς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανίοις εὐτρεπίσας ἡμῖν, τὰ ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν Ἀριθμῶν ἀπεκάλυψεν. Εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην εἰσελθὼν, καὶ ἁγιάσας τὰ ὕδατα, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ φυγόντα τὸν ἥλιον ἀνακαλεσάμενος, καὶ διπλῆν ἀνθ' ἁπλῆς ἡμέρας ἐργασάμενος, τὰ ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ τοῖς μὴ παρέργως ἀναγινώσκουσιν ἐζωγράφησε. Τὴν ἠγαπημένην ψυ 43.517 χὴν αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τεθεικὼς, καὶ δώσει ἑαυτὸν λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν, τὰ ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῶν Κριτῶν ἡρμήνευσεν· ὁλοκαυτώματα γὰρ καὶ ὁ Ἰεφθάε ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ τῷ Θεῷ τὴν θυγατέρα προσήνεγκεν. Ἑπτὰ παίδων πατὴρ Ἰεσσέ. Ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ὁ Μωϋσῆς. ∆ι' ἑπτὰ γραμμάτων τὸ Ἰωάννου ὄνομα. ∆ι' ἑπτὰ γραμμάτων καὶ ἡ τοῦ Χριστοῦ προσηγορία. Ἑπτὰ διάκονοι παρὰ τῶν μαθητῶν εἰς διακονίαν τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἐξελέχθησαν· Στέφανος, Φίλιππος, Πρόχορος, Νικάνωρ, Τίμων, Παρμενᾶς, Νικόλαος. Ἑπτὰ παῖδες τὴν Ἀντιόχου τυραννίδα κατήνεγκαν. Καὶ συντόμως εἶπον, οὗτός ἐστιν ἐπαινετὸς ὁ ἀριθμὸς, καὶ θαυμάσιος· ὅτι αὐτὸς ἄνωθεν ὁ ∆εσπότης ἐγγράφως βοᾷ· Τίμα τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ Σαββάτου, καὶ ἁγίασον αὐτήν· ὅτι ἐν αὐτῇ κατέπαυσεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ὁ Θεὸς ὧν ἤρξατο ἀποποιῆσαι. Αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.