Augustine of Hippo : As the Lord forbids there to be seekers of wonders in the people of God, it is necessary to investigate how these wonders, whose search is forbidden, can be distinguished from those that have divine origin and are given in a way that their meaning must be indicated. Thus, for example, all the miracles found in the Scriptures and mean something relative to the rule of faith. In this way we explain, for example, the meaning of the dry fleece, the era being full of dew, or the fleece full of dew, the dry era being (Cf Jdt 6,37-39), or the rod of Aaron that flourished (Cf Numbers 17,8) and produced almonds, and other similar examples. Therefore, as divinations are distinguished, which are then forbidden, from the predictions and announcements of the prophets, so must we distinguish those searches from the wonders of the meanings of divine miracles. — QUESTIONS ON DEUTERONOMY, Q. 29 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)