Exodus 27 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Same 2 Similar 6 Different 10 Divergent 1 Disparate 2
Disparate in this chapter: 27:11, 27:13
Each verse is rendered independently from the Hebrew (Rabbinic reading tradition) and from the Greek (Saints reading tradition). The badge classifies the relationship between the two readings; the note beneath records the source document’s comparison and attributed interpretation. Each column retains its own verse references where numbering differs.
The Altar of Burnt Offering
27:1 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:1 You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square and three cubits high.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:1 You shall make an altar of decay-resistant wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square and three cubits high.
27:2 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:2 You shall make horns on its four corners, of one piece with it, and overlay it with bronze.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:2 You shall make horns on its four corners, of one piece with it, and cover them with bronze.
The pronoun refers to the altar in Hebrew and to the horns in Greek.
27:3 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:3 You shall make its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:3 You shall make a rim for the altar, its cover, bowls, meat forks, and firepan. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.
The two inventories begin with different objects. [H27; G27]
27:4 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:4 You shall make a bronze grating of network for it, with four bronze rings at its four corners.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:4 You shall make a bronze grating of network for it, with four bronze rings on its four sides.
RH places the rings on the four sides of the network. The separate beneath instruction follows in 27:5.
27:5 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:5 You shall put it beneath the altar’s ledge, so that the grating reaches halfway up the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:5 You shall place them beneath the altar’s grating, and the grating shall reach halfway up the altar.
Greek’s plural object refers to the rings; Hebrew places the grating beneath the ledge. [G27]
27:6 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:6 You shall make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:6 You shall make carrying poles of decay-resistant wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
27:7 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:7 The poles shall be put through the rings on the altar’s two sides for carrying it.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:7 You shall put the carrying poles through the rings, and they shall lie along the altar’s sides when it is carried.
27:8 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:8 You shall make it hollow, with boards. They shall make it as you were shown on the mountain.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:8 You shall make it hollow, with boards. You shall make it as you were shown on the mountain.
The final command changes from “they” to “you.”
The Courtyard
27:9 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:9 You shall make the tabernacle’s court. On the south side there shall be court hangings of finely twisted linen, a hundred cubits long on that side,
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:9 You shall make a court for the tabernacle. On the side toward the southwest there shall be court hangings of spun fine linen a hundred cubits long on that side,
RH names the southwest side, where Hebrew names the south, and explicitly includes spun fine linen. The source direction is retained.
27:10 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:10 with twenty pillars and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands for the pillars.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver rings and braces.
The attachment terms differ.
27:11 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:11 Likewise, on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands for the pillars.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:11 Likewise, on the side toward the east there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases; the rings, the posts’ braces, and their bases shall be silver-plated.
The same second long side is north in Hebrew and east in the consulted Greek. Greek also describes bases as bronze and silver-plated; plating can explain that combination. [H27; G27]
27:12 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:12 On the west side, across the court’s width, there shall be hangings fifty cubits long, with ten pillars and ten bases.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:12 On the side toward the sea, across the court’s width, there shall be hangings fifty cubits long, with ten posts and ten bases.
27:13 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:13 The court’s width on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:13 Across the court’s width on the south side there shall be hangings fifty cubits long, with ten posts and ten bases.
Hebrew says east; the consulted Greek says south and adds ten posts and bases, not five as V1 claimed. [H27; G27]
27:14 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:14 The hangings on one side shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:14 The hangings on one side shall be fifteen cubits high, with three posts and three bases.
Greek explicitly calls this measurement height; Hebrew does not. Compare the general five-cubit height in verse 18. [G27]
27:15 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:15 On the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:15 On the second side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits high, with three posts and three bases.
Greek again explicitly names height. [G27]
27:16 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:16 For the court’s gate there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, embroidered work, with four pillars and four bases.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:16 For the court’s gate there shall be a covering twenty cubits high, of blue, purple, and spun scarlet yarn and spun fine linen, embroidered needlework, with four posts and four bases.
RH explicitly gives the gate covering’s measurement as height. This unusual dimension is retained, with the five-cubit height in 27:18 also preserved. [G27]
27:17 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:17 All the pillars around the court shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:17 All the posts around the court shall be silver-plated, with silver capitals and bronze bases.
Banding and hooks differ from plating and capitals.
27:18 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:18 The court shall be a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide throughout, and five cubits high, with finely twisted linen and bronze bases.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:18 The court’s length shall be a hundred by a hundred, its width fifty by fifty, and its height five cubits, with spun fine linen and bronze bases.
The Greek repeats the dimensions; it is not treated as a second independent square footprint. Its five-cubit height leaves a difficulty with verses 14–16. [G27]
27:19 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:19 All the tabernacle’s utensils for every service, all its pegs, and all the court’s pegs shall be bronze.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:19 All the equipment, all the tools, and the court’s pegs shall be bronze.
Greek abbreviates the references to the tabernacle’s service and pegs.
Oil for the Lampstand
27:20 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:20 You shall command the sons of Israel to bring you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to keep a lamp burning continually.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:20 You shall command the sons of Israel to bring you pure beaten olive oil, free of sediment, for the light, so that a lamp may burn continually
Greek atrygon concerns freedom from sediment, not “unpressed” oil as V1 asserted. [G27]
27:21 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before YHWH. This shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations on behalf of the sons of Israel.
Greek · Saints priority
G 27:21 in the Tent of Testimony, outside the veil over the covenant. Aaron and his sons shall burn it from evening to morning before the Lord, a perpetual statute throughout your generations on behalf of the sons of Israel.
The sanctuary and covenant terms differ. Greek completes the sentence begun in verse 20.
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