Hermas, The Shepherd of Hermas, 2.3.4

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[4] But you shall say to Maximus: Behold, persecution is coming, if it seems good to you deny the faith again, The Lord is near those that turn to him, as it is written in the Book of Eldad and Modat,¹ who prophesied to the people in the wilderness.

The Shepherd of Hermas. Hermas. . 1913.

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Hermas (English) (Hermas. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation by Kirsopp Lake. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1913)

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[4] ἐρεῖς δὲ Μαξίμῳ: Ἰδοῦ, θλῖψις ἔρχεται: ἐάν σοι φανῇ, πάλιν ἄρνησαι. Ἐγγὺς κύριος τοῖς ἐπιστρεφομένοις, ὡς ¹ γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Ἐλδὰδ καὶ Μωδάτ, ² τοῖς προφητεύσασιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῷ λαῷ.

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The Shepherd of Hermas

1. This book is mentioned among the Apocrypha of the N.T. in the Athanasian Synopsis and in the Stichometry of Nicephorus, but is not extant. It is thought to be quoted in II Clem. xi. 2. Eldad and Modat are mentioned in Numbers xi. 26.

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