Holy Scripture
Sirach 24:6
A church father on this verse
“I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth. That is, in heavenly men, a firm light of faith. The threefold heavens refer to a threefold vision: purely intellectual, intellectual combined with imaginary, and intellectual combined with manifest bodily vision. The first is found in the minds of…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, And in every people and nation, I got a possession.
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4I dwelt in high places, And my throne is in a cloudy pillar.
5I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, And walked in the bottom of the deep.
— Sirach 24:6 —
7With all these I sought rest: And in whose inheritance shall I abide?
8So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, And he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, And said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, And thine inheritance in Israel.