Nilus of Ancyra→Epigonus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Epigonus the Cursor [a cursor was an imperial courier or running messenger].
Since the holy Moses veiled the divine words in obscurity, so that those at that time, and those now, and those after them, the foolish and senseless among the Hebrews, might not despise them, as he himself testified against them, saying in the great song: "This is a foolish people and not wise, a generation gone astray, sons who have no faith in themselves; they tempt and provoke the Lord" [Deuteronomy 32:5-6, 20, the "great song" of Moses]; for this reason he placed a veil upon his own face, which was shining with radiance [Exodus 34:33-35], and in this way he conversed with those who were of spiritual understanding and with those whose thinking was Egyptianizing [that is, still carnal and worldly in their minds].
To Epigonus the Cursor [a cursor was an imperial courier or running messenger].
Since the holy Moses veiled the divine words in obscurity, so that those at that time, and those now, and those after them, the foolish and senseless among the Hebrews, might not despise them, as he himself testified against them, saying in the great song: "This is a foolish people and not wise, a generation gone astray, sons who have no faith in themselves; they tempt and provoke the Lord" [Deuteronomy 32:5-6, 20, the "great song" of Moses]; for this reason he placed a veil upon his own face, which was shining with radiance [Exodus 34:33-35], and in this way he conversed with those who were of spiritual understanding and with those whose thinking was Egyptianizing [that is, still carnal and worldly in their minds].
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