# 1 Clement 29.3

- Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/)
- Work: [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (*Epistula I ad Corinthios*)
- Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:58; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/3/

Summary: God takes a people for himself like firstfruits.

## Greek text

καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ λέγει· Ἰδού, κύριος λαμβάνει ἑαυτῷ ἔθνος ἐκ μέσου ἐθνῶν, ὥσπερ λαμβάνει ἄνθρωπος τὴν ἀπαρχὴν αὐτοῦ τῆς ἅλω· καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους ἐκείνου ἅγια ἁγίων.

## English translation (Claude)

And in another place he says: “Behold, the Lord takes for himself a nation out of the midst of nations, as a man takes the firstfruit of his threshing floor; and out of that nation shall come the Holy of Holies.”

## Scripture references

- Deut 4:34: allusion, medium confidence
- Deut 14:2: allusion, medium confidence
- Num 18:27: allusion, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- This quotation is not found as such in Scripture; it combines phrases from Deut 4:34; 14:2; Num 18:27; 2 Chr 31:14; Ezek 48:12.

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 29.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/29/3/).