Holy Scripture

Deuteronomy 33:17

A church father on this verse
“Ten thousand, he said, Ephraim, and thousands of Manasseh (Deut. XXXIII, 17), that is, he should rule over both the Jews and the Gentiles, and acquire for himself the fullness of the Church from both peoples.”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On the Blessings of the Patriarchs, Chapter XI

Source: Septuagint

Original

17His beauty is as the firstling of his bull, His horns are the horns of a unicorn; With them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: These are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And these are the thousands of Manasseh.

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15From the top of the ancient mountains, And from the top of the everlasting hills,

16And of the fullness of the land in season: And let the things pleasing to him that dwelt in the bush Come on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of him who was glorified above his brethren.

— Deuteronomy 33:17 —

18And to Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, And Issachar in his tents.

19They shall utterly destroy the nations, and ye shall call men there, And there offer the sacrifice of righteousness; For the wealth of the sea shall suckle thee, And so shall the marts of them that dwell by the seacoast.

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