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What the Fathers say

Ezekiel 40:43

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

And their edges were of one palm, turned inward all around. There follows: And their edges were of one palm, turned inward all around. What does it mean that the borders of the tables are measured by a palm-span, except that in a palm-span the hand is stretched out, and the holy fathers and teachers preach those things in which the works of their hearers are stretched forth? For we stretch out the hand, as it were, when we extend our works. …

Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 9 ↗