Exodus 27 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 27:11, 27:13
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Exodus 27
The Altar of Burnt Offering
Verse 27:1 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Verse 27:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:2 You shall make horns on its four corners, of one piece with it, and overlay it with bronze.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:2 You shall make horns on its four corners, of one piece with it, and cover them with bronze.
Classification & Notes
Different — The pronoun refers to the altar in Hebrew and to the horns in Greek.
Verse 27:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Verse 27:4 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:4 You shall make a bronze grating of network for it, with four bronze rings at its four corners.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:4 You shall make a bronze grating of network for it, with four bronze rings on its four sides.
Classification & Notes
Similar — RH places the rings on the four sides of the network. The separate beneath instruction follows in 27:5.
Verse 27:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:5 You shall put it beneath the altar’s ledge, so that the grating reaches halfway up the altar.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:5 You shall place them beneath the altar’s grating, and the grating shall reach halfway up the altar.
Classification & Notes
Different — Greek’s plural object refers to the rings; Hebrew places the grating beneath the ledge. [G27]
Verse 27:6 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:6 You shall make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:6 You shall make carrying poles of decay-resistant wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Verse 27:7 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:7 The poles shall be put through the rings on the altar’s two sides for carrying it.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
Same
Verse 27:8 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:8 You shall make it hollow, with boards. They shall make it as you were shown on the mountain.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:8 You shall make it hollow, with boards. You shall make it as you were shown on the mountain.
Classification & Notes
Similar — The final command changes from “they” to “you.”
The Courtyard
Verse 27:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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,
Classification & Notes
Different — RH names the southwest side, where Hebrew names the south, and explicitly includes spun fine linen. The source direction is retained.
Verse 27:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:10 with twenty pillars and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands for the pillars.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver rings and braces.
Classification & Notes
Different — The attachment terms differ.
Verse 27:11 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Verse 27:12 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
Same
Verse 27:13 Disparate
Verse 27:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:14 The hangings on one side shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:14 The hangings on one side shall be fifteen cubits high, with three posts and three bases.
Classification & Notes
Different — Greek explicitly calls this measurement height; Hebrew does not. Compare the general five-cubit height in verse 18. [G27]
Verse 27:15 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:15 On the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:15 On the second side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits high, with three posts and three bases.
Classification & Notes
Different — Greek again explicitly names height. [G27]
Verse 27:16 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
Different — 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]
Verse 27:17 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:17 All the pillars around the court shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:17 All the posts around the court shall be silver-plated, with silver capitals and bronze bases.
Classification & Notes
Different — Banding and hooks differ from plating and capitals.
Verse 27:18 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
Similar — 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]
Verse 27:19 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
G 27:19 All the equipment, all the tools, and the court’s pegs shall be bronze.
Classification & Notes
Divergent — Greek abbreviates the references to the tabernacle’s service and pegs.
Oil for the Lampstand
Verse 27:20 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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
Classification & Notes
Similar — Greek atrygon concerns freedom from sediment, not “unpressed” oil as V1 asserted. [G27]
Verse 27:21 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
Different — The sanctuary and covenant terms differ. Greek completes the sentence begun in verse 20.