Leviticus 8 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Same 6 Similar 8 Different 16 Divergent 3 Disparate 3
Disparate in this chapter: 8:25, 8:26, 8:27
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 assembly and vesting · 8:1–9
8:1 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:1 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying:
Greek · Saints priority
8:1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
The speech formula corresponds.
8:2 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread.
Greek · Saints priority
8:2 Take Aaron and his sons, his robes, the anointing oil, the calf for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread.
Greek calls the robes his, while Hebrew says the garments; bull / calf follows the recurring animal terminology.
8:3 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:3 Assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Greek · Saints priority
8:3 Assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the Tent of Testimony.
The tent-title distinction remains; Greek’s assembly verb refers to Israel’s gathering.
8:4 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:4 Moses did as YHWH commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Greek · Saints priority
8:4 Moses did as the Lord directed him, and he assembled the congregation at the door of the Tent of Testimony.
Hebrew says the congregation assembled; Greek makes Moses the assembling agent.
8:5 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:5 Moses said to the congregation: This is what YHWH commanded to be done.
Greek · Saints priority
8:5 Moses said to the congregation: This is what the Lord commanded to be done.
The command announcement corresponds.
8:6 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.
Greek · Saints priority
8:6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.
The washing corresponds.
8:7 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:7 He put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He girded him with the ephod’s woven band and fastened it on him with it.
Greek · Saints priority
8:7 He clothed him with the tunic, girded him with the belt, clothed him with the under-robe, and put the shoulder-piece on him. He girded him according to the shoulder-piece’s workmanship and fastened him securely in it.
The vestments and fastening are described with different technical vocabulary; ephod / shoulder-piece identifies the corresponding garment.
8:8 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:8 He placed the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece.
Greek · Saints priority
8:8 He placed the oracle-piece on it and put Manifestation and Truth upon the oracle-piece.
Greek interprets the Hebrew names through Manifestation and Truth; it places the oracle-piece on the preceding garment. The oracle-piece is the wearable breastpiece: λογεῖον gives it an oracular designation. This is a lexical interpretation, not evidence that different physical objects existed.
8:9 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:9 He put the turban on his head and placed on the front of the turban the gold plate, the holy diadem, as YHWH commanded Moses.
Greek · Saints priority
8:9 He put the turban on his head and placed on its front the gold plate, the consecrated holy object, as the Lord directed Moses.
Holy diadem / consecrated holy object changes the description of the gold plate.
Anointing and the sin offering · 8:10–17
8:10 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:10 Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and consecrated them.
Greek · Saints priority
8:10 Moses took some of the anointing oil
Greek places the tent’s anointing later, in 8:11. Read 8:10–11 together; the action is relocated, not absent from the account.
8:11 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
Greek · Saints priority
8:11 and sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times. He anointed the altar and consecrated it, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand, and consecrated them. He anointed the tent and everything in it and consecrated it.
Greek narrates the altar before the tent and repeats consecration; Hebrew narrates the tent first in 8:10.
8:12 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Greek · Saints priority
8:12 Moses poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, anointed him, and consecrated him.
Greek names Moses and expresses consecration as a completed action.
8:13 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:13 Moses brought Aaron’s sons forward, clothed them with tunics, girded them with sashes, and bound caps on them, as YHWH commanded Moses.
Greek · Saints priority
8:13 Moses brought Aaron’s sons forward, clothed them with tunics, girded them with belts, and put turbans on them, as the Lord directed Moses.
The headdress and belt terms differ; the investiture corresponds.
8:14 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:14 He brought the bull of the sin offering forward, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head.
Greek · Saints priority
8:14 Moses brought the calf for the sin offering forward, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the calf of the sin offering.
Greek names Moses and repeats the offering designation.
8:15 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:15 He slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put it with his finger all around on the altar’s horns, purifying the altar. He poured the blood at the altar’s base and consecrated it, to make atonement upon it.
Greek · Saints priority
8:15 He slaughtered it, and Moses took some of the blood and put it with his finger all around on the altar’s horns, cleansing the altar. He poured out the blood at the altar’s base and consecrated it, to make propitiation upon it.
The altar’s cleansing and consecration correspond; the ritual verb concerns sanctuary purification here.
8:16 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:16 He took all the fat on the entrails, the appendage of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
8:16 Moses took all the fat on the inner parts, the lobe on the liver, both kidneys and the fat on them, and Moses offered them up on the altar.
Liver appendage / lobe and burn / offer up recur.
8:17 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:17 He burned the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its dung with fire outside the camp, as YHWH commanded Moses.
Greek · Saints priority
8:17 He burned up the calf, its hide, its meat, and its dung with fire outside the camp, as the Lord directed Moses.
The carcass disposal corresponds.
The rams of burnt offering and consecration · 8:18–29
8:18 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:18 He brought the ram of the burnt offering forward, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head.
Greek · Saints priority
8:18 Moses brought the ram for the whole burnt offering forward, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head.
Greek names Moses as presenter.
8:19 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:19 He slaughtered it, and Moses dashed the blood all around against the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
8:19 Moses slaughtered the ram, and Moses poured the blood all around against the altar.
Greek explicitly identifies the slaughterer and victim; dash / pour recurs.
8:20 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:20 He cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the suet.
Greek · Saints priority
8:20 He divided the ram limb by limb, and Moses offered up the head, the limbs, and the fat.
Burn / offer up; Hebrew peder is rendered suet, Greek stear fat.
8:21 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:21 He washed the entrails and legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma, an offering by fire to YHWH, as YHWH commanded Moses.
Greek · Saints priority
8:21 He washed the belly and feet with water, and Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: a whole burnt offering for a fragrant aroma, an offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
The anatomical and ritual verbs differ; the entire ram is offered in both.
8:22 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:22 He brought the second ram forward, the ram of installation, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head.
Greek · Saints priority
8:22 Moses brought the second ram forward, a ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head.
Greek names Moses; installation / consecration refers to priestly appointment.
8:23 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:23 He slaughtered it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, his right thumb, and his right big toe.
Greek · Saints priority
8:23 He slaughtered it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, the extremity of his right hand, and the extremity of his right foot.
Greek’s extremity expressions are less anatomically specific than Hebrew thumb and big toe.
8:24 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:24 He brought Aaron’s sons forward, and Moses put some of the blood on their right earlobes, their right thumbs, and their right big toes. Moses dashed the blood all around against the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
8:24 Moses brought Aaron’s sons forward, and Moses put some of the blood on their right earlobes, the extremities of their right hands, and the extremities of their right feet. Moses poured the blood all around against the altar.
The anatomical specificity and dash / pour differ.
8:25 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:25 He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat on the entrails, the appendage of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.
Greek · Saints priority
8:25 He took the fat, the loin, the fat on the belly, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right foreleg.
Fat tail / loin and thigh / foreleg name materially different ritual portions.
8:26 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:26 From the basket of unleavened bread before YHWH he took one unleavened cake, one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat portions and the right thigh.
Greek · Saints priority
8:26 From the basket of consecration before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf, one loaf with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and the right foreleg.
The thigh / foreleg difference continues; Greek names the basket by consecration rather than its unleavened contents.
8:27 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:27 He put all of it on Aaron’s palms and his sons’ palms and waved them as a wave offering before YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
8:27 He put everything on Aaron’s hands and his sons’ hands and offered them up as a portion set apart before the Lord.
Hebrew explicitly narrates waving; Greek narrates offering up a separated portion. The enacted gesture is not harmonized.
8:28 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:28 Moses took them from their palms and burned them on the altar upon the burnt offering. They were installation offerings for a pleasing aroma, an offering by fire to YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
8:28 Moses took them from their hands, and Moses offered them up on the altar upon the whole burnt offering of consecration, which is a fragrant aroma, an offering to the Lord.
Greek joins consecration to the whole burnt offering; Hebrew separately identifies the installation portions. Burn / offer up recurs.
8:29 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:29 Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before YHWH. It was Moses’ portion from the ram of installation, as YHWH commanded Moses.
Greek · Saints priority
8:29 Moses took the breast and removed it as a presentation before the Lord from the ram of consecration. It became Moses’ portion, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Wave / remove as a presentation; the recipient and portion agree.
Seven days at the tent · 8:30–36
8:30 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:30 Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood on the altar and sprinkled Aaron and his garments, and his sons and their garments with him. He consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and their garments with him.
Greek · Saints priority
8:30 Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood on the altar and sprinkled Aaron and his garments, and his sons and their garments with him. He consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and their garments with him.
The oil-and-blood sprinkling and consecration correspond.
8:31 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:31 Moses said to Aaron and his sons: Boil the flesh at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and eat it there with the bread in the basket of installation, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
Greek · Saints priority
8:31 Moses said to Aaron and his sons: Boil the meat in the courtyard of the Tent of Testimony, in a holy place, and eat it there with the loaves in the basket of consecration, as I have been directed, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat them.
Entrance / courtyard in a holy place; Moses’ “I commanded” / “I have been directed” changes how he reports the command’s mediation.
8:32 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:32 Burn with fire what remains of the flesh and bread.
Greek · Saints priority
8:32 What remains of the meat and loaves shall be burned up with fire.
The direct command / passive requirement has the same disposal outcome.
8:33 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:33 Do not leave the entrance of the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your installation are completed, for he shall fill your hands for seven days.
Greek · Saints priority
8:33 Do not leave the door of the Tent of Testimony for seven days, until the day is fulfilled, the day of your consecration, for he shall consecrate your hands for seven days.
Hebrew’s hand-filling idiom / Greek’s hand-consecration; both describe the seven-day installation.
8:34 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:34 As he has done this day, YHWH commanded it to be done, to make atonement for you.
Greek · Saints priority
8:34 As he has done this day, the Lord commanded it to be done, to make propitiation for you.
The purpose and command correspond.
8:35 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:35 Remain at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days, and keep YHWH’s charge so that you do not die, for so I was commanded.
Greek · Saints priority
8:35 Remain at the door of the Tent of Testimony for seven days, day and night, and keep the Lord’s requirements so that you do not die, for so the Lord God commanded me.
Greek expressly identifies the commander as the Lord God.
8:36 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
8:36 Aaron and his sons did all the things YHWH commanded through Moses.
Greek · Saints priority
8:36 Aaron and his sons did all the things the Lord directed Moses.
Through Moses / to Moses describes the same mediation from different angles.
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