Leviticus 7 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Same 7 Similar 10 Different 13 Divergent 2 Disparate 6
Disparate in this chapter: 7:2, 7:3, 7:30, 7:32, 7:33, 7:34
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 guilt or offense offering · 7:1–10
7:1 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:1 This is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy.
Greek · Saints priority
7:1 This is the law of the ram for the offense offering; it is most holy.
Greek expressly identifies the animal as a ram.
7:2 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:2 Where they slaughter the burnt offering, they shall slaughter the guilt offering, and he shall dash its blood all around against the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
7:2 Where they slaughter the whole burnt offering, they shall slaughter the ram of the offense offering before the Lord, and he shall pour the blood all around upon the base of the altar.
Greek specifies the altar’s base for the blood; Hebrew specifies the altar without “base” and uses dash. Greek also includes “before the Lord.”
7:3 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:3 He shall present all its fat: the fat tail and the fat covering the entrails,
Greek · Saints priority
7:3 He shall present all its fat from it: the loin, all the fat covering the inner parts, and all the fat on the inner parts,
Fat tail / loin changes the prescribed part; Greek also includes fat on the inner parts.
7:4 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:4 the two kidneys and the fat on them, which is by the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
Greek · Saints priority
7:4 the two kidneys and the fat on them, which is by the thighs, and the lobe on the liver; these he shall remove with the kidneys.
The recurring anatomical differences are retained.
7:5 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering by fire to YHWH. It is a guilt offering.
Greek · Saints priority
7:5 The priest shall offer them up on the altar as an offering to the Lord. It is for an offense.
Burn / offer up; guilt / offense terminology.
7:6 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:6 Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
Greek · Saints priority
7:6 Every male among the priests may eat them. They shall eat them in a holy place; they are most holy.
The priestly entitlement and holy location correspond.
7:7 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:7 The sin offering and the guilt offering have one law. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.
Greek · Saints priority
7:7 As with the offering for sin, so with the offering for offense: they have one law. It belongs to the priest who makes propitiation with it.
The parallel treatment and priestly entitlement agree.
7:8 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:8 The priest who presents anyone’s burnt offering shall have the hide of the burnt offering he has presented; it belongs to the priest.
Greek · Saints priority
7:8 The priest who presents a person’s whole burnt offering shall have the hide of the whole burnt offering he presents.
Hebrew repeats the priest’s entitlement; Greek states it once.
7:9 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:9 Every grain offering baked in an oven and every one prepared in a deep pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.
Greek · Saints priority
7:9 Every sacrifice prepared in an oven and every one prepared on a hearth or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.
Deep pan / hearth recurs; see 2:7.
7:10 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:10 Every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all Aaron’s sons, each equally with his brother.
Greek · Saints priority
7:10 Every sacrifice, prepared with oil or not so prepared, belongs to all Aaron’s sons, to each an equal share.
The equal division corresponds; the oil-free condition is expressed differently.
Thanksgiving, vows, and voluntary offerings · 7:11–18
7:11 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:11 This is the law of the sacrifice of well-being that he shall present to YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
7:11 This is the law of the sacrifice of deliverance that they shall present to the Lord.
Singular / plural presenter; well-being / deliverance.
7:12 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:12 If he presents it for thanksgiving, he shall present with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of well-mixed fine flour with oil.
Greek · Saints priority
7:12 If he presents it for praise, he shall present with the sacrifice of praise loaves of fine flour prepared with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and fine flour mixed with oil.
Greek does not explicitly call the first loaves unleavened and does not call the final flour cakes. Thanksgiving / praise overlaps without being identical wording.
Rabbinic reception. Rashi associates thanksgiving offerings with deliverance from a sea voyage, wilderness journey, illness, or imprisonment, drawing on Psalm 107. These examples interpret the occasion for the offering. Rashi, Leviticus 7:12
Saints reception — thematic application. Hebrews speaks of praise, doing good, and sharing as sacrifices pleasing to God. Its Christian application does not alter the ingredients of this thanksgiving rite. Hebrews 13:15–16
7:13 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:13 With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering, with his sacrifice of thanksgiving and well-being.
Greek · Saints priority
7:13 With leavened loaves he shall present his gifts, with a sacrifice of praise and deliverance.
Both expressly include leavened bread in this presentation.
7:14 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:14 From it he shall present one of each offering as a contribution to YHWH. It shall belong to the priest who dashes the blood of the well-being offerings.
Greek · Saints priority
7:14 He shall present one from all his gifts as a portion set apart for the Lord. It shall belong to the priest who pours the blood of the deliverance offering.
One of each / one from all is a difference in formulation; the contextual distribution needs care. Dash / pour recurs.
7:15 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:15 The flesh of his thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being shall be eaten on the day he presents it; he shall leave none of it until morning.
Greek · Saints priority
7:15 The meat of the sacrifice of praise and deliverance shall belong to him and be eaten on the day it is given; they shall leave none of it until morning.
Greek adds “shall belong to him,” after the priest’s entitlement in 7:14. The pronoun’s scope should not be settled by importing an explanation into the translation.
7:16 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:16 If his sacrificial offering is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and what remains may also be eaten on the next day.
Greek · Saints priority
7:16 If he sacrifices his gift as a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice and on the next day.
Both permit second-day eating; Hebrew explicitly names the remainder.
7:17 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:17 What remains of the sacrifice’s flesh on the third day shall be burned with fire.
Greek · Saints priority
7:17 What remains of the sacrifice’s meat until the third day shall be burned up with fire.
The third-day disposal rule corresponds.
7:18 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:18 If any flesh of his sacrifice of well-being is eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted; it shall not be credited to the one who presents it. It shall be offensive, and whoever eats from it shall bear his guilt.
Greek · Saints priority
7:18 If he eats any of the meat on the third day, it shall not be accepted for the one presenting it or credited to him. It is a defilement, and whoever eats from it shall bear the sin.
Hebrew piggul / Greek miasma describes the invalid offering differently; the disqualification and responsibility agree.
Purity, fat, and blood · 7:19–27
7:19 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:19 Flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone clean may eat the flesh.
Greek · Saints priority
7:19 Meat that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned up with fire. Everyone clean may eat meat.
The clean eater and disposal of contaminated meat correspond.
7:20 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:20 But anyone who eats flesh from YHWH’s sacrifice of well-being while his uncleanness is upon him shall be cut off from his people.
Greek · Saints priority
7:20 But anyone who eats meat from the sacrifice of deliverance that belongs to the Lord while his uncleanness is upon him shall perish from among his people.
Hebrew “cut off” and Greek “perish” express the sanction differently. Hebrew can itself denote a death sanction; this alone does not prove opposing penalties.
7:21 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:21 If anyone touches anything unclean, human uncleanness, unclean livestock, or any unclean detestable thing, and eats flesh from YHWH’s sacrifice of well-being, that person shall be cut off from his people.
Greek · Saints priority
7:21 If anyone touches any unclean thing, human uncleanness, unclean four-footed animals, or any unclean abomination, and eats meat from the sacrifice of deliverance that belongs to the Lord, that person shall perish from among his people.
Livestock / four-footed animals; cut off / perish as in 7:20.
7:22 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:22 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying:
Greek · Saints priority
7:22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
The speech formula corresponds.
7:23 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:23 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: You shall eat no fat of ox, sheep, or goat.
Greek · Saints priority
7:23 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: You shall eat no fat of cattle, sheep, or goats.
The animal categories under the fat prohibition correspond.
7:24 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:24 The fat of an animal found dead and the fat of an animal torn by wild animals may be used for any work, but you must not eat it.
Greek · Saints priority
7:24 Fat from animals found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any work, but it must not be eaten as food.
Non-food use is allowed; eating is forbidden.
7:25 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:25 For whoever eats fat from an animal of which an offering by fire is presented to YHWH, the person who eats it shall be cut off from his people.
Greek · Saints priority
7:25 Whoever eats fat from the livestock from which an offering is presented to the Lord, that person shall perish from among his people.
Fire-offering terminology and cut off / perish differ; see 7:20.
7:26 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:26 You shall eat no blood in any of your dwelling places, whether of birds or livestock.
Greek · Saints priority
7:26 You shall eat no blood in any of your dwelling places, whether of birds or livestock.
The blood prohibition corresponds.
7:27 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:27 Any person who eats any blood shall be cut off from his people.
Greek · Saints priority
7:27 Any person who eats blood shall perish from among his people.
The sanction is expressed as cut off / perish; see 7:20.
The priests’ portions · 7:28–34
7:28 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:28 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying:
Greek · Saints priority
7:28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
The speech formula corresponds.
7:29 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:29 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: Whoever presents his sacrifice of well-being to YHWH shall bring his offering to YHWH from his sacrifice of well-being.
Greek · Saints priority
7:29 You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying: Whoever presents a sacrifice of deliverance to the Lord shall bring his gift to the Lord from the sacrifice of deliverance.
The offerer’s presentation corresponds.
7:30 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:30 His own hands shall bring YHWH’s offerings by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, the breast to wave as a wave offering before YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
7:30 His hands shall present the offerings to the Lord: the fat on the breast and the lobe of the liver. He shall present them to place them as a gift before the Lord.
Greek includes the liver lobe and describes placing a gift; Hebrew specifies waving the breast. Both the portions named and the commanded gesture differ materially.
7:31 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, and the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.
Greek · Saints priority
7:31 The priest shall offer up the fat on the altar, and the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.
Burn / offer up; the breast’s recipients agree.
7:32 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:32 From your sacrifices of well-being you shall give the right thigh as a contribution to the priest.
Greek · Saints priority
7:32 From your sacrifices of deliverance you shall give the right foreleg as a portion set apart for the priest.
Hebrew shoq here denotes the thigh or leg portion; Greek brachion denotes the foreleg or arm. The priestly portion is anatomically different in the selected wording.
7:33 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:33 The one among Aaron’s sons who presents the blood of the well-being offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh as his portion.
Greek · Saints priority
7:33 The one among Aaron’s sons who presents the blood of the deliverance offering and the fat shall have the right foreleg as his portion.
The thigh / foreleg difference recurs in the allocation to the officiating priest.
7:34 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:34 For I have taken the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution from the sons of Israel, from their sacrifices of well-being, and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a perpetual due from the sons of Israel.
Greek · Saints priority
7:34 For I have taken the breast of the presentation and the foreleg of the portion set apart from the sons of Israel, from your sacrifices of deliverance, and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a perpetual ordinance from the sons of Israel.
The different portion and gesture terms recur; their sacrifices / your sacrifices also differs.
Concluding instructions · 7:35–38
7:35 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:35 This is Aaron’s anointed portion and his sons’ anointed portion from YHWH’s offerings by fire, from the day he brought them forward to serve as priests to YHWH,
Greek · Saints priority
7:35 This is Aaron’s anointing and his sons’ anointing from the Lord’s offerings, on the day he brought them forward to serve as priests to the Lord,
Both use anointing language for the associated priestly entitlement; “portion” makes the Hebrew contextual sense explicit.
7:36 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:36 which YHWH commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel on the day he anointed them, a perpetual statute throughout their generations.
Greek · Saints priority
7:36 as the Lord commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel on the day he anointed them, a perpetual ordinance throughout their generations.
The continuing entitlement corresponds.
7:37 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the installation offerings, and the sacrifice of well-being,
Greek · Saints priority
7:37 This is the law of the whole burnt offerings, the sacrifice, the offering for sin, the offense offering, the consecration, and the sacrifice of deliverance,
The offering and installation vocabulary is kept distinct; both summarize the preceding legislation.
7:38 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
7:38 which YHWH commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the sons of Israel to present their offerings to YHWH in the wilderness of Sinai.
Greek · Saints priority
7:38 as the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the sons of Israel to present their gifts before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.
The setting and command correspond; to / before the Lord differs.
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