Leviticus 9 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Same 3 Similar 5 Different 9 Divergent 3 Disparate 4
Disparate in this chapter: 9:3, 9:7, 9:19, 9:21
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.
Preparation on the eighth day · 9:1–7
9:1 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:1 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.
Greek · Saints priority
9:1 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron, his sons, and Israel’s council of elders.
Greek gerousia presents the elders as a council.
9:2 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:2 He said to Aaron: Take for yourself an unblemished calf from the herd for a sin offering and an unblemished ram for a burnt offering, and present them before YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
9:2 Moses said to Aaron: Take for yourself a calf from the cattle for sin and a ram for a whole burnt offering, both unblemished, and present them before the Lord.
Greek names Moses; the animal requirements agree.
9:3 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:3 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old and unblemished, for a burnt offering,
Greek · Saints priority
9:3 Speak to Israel’s council of elders, saying: Take one male kid from the goats for sin, and a calf and a year-old lamb, unblemished, for a whole offering,
The addressees are the sons of Israel / council of elders. Hebrew’s plural age expression applies to calf and lamb; Greek’s singular “year-old” explicitly qualifies the lamb.
9:4 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:4 and an ox and a ram for sacrifices of well-being, to sacrifice before YHWH, and a grain offering mixed with oil, for today YHWH will appear to you.
Greek · Saints priority
9:4 and a calf and a ram for a sacrifice of deliverance before the Lord, and fine flour mixed with oil, for today the Lord will appear among you.
Ox / calf; grain offering / fine flour; appear to / among you.
9:5 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:5 They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
9:5 They brought what Moses commanded opposite the Tent of Testimony, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
The assembly and presentation correspond.
9:6 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:6 Moses said: This is what YHWH commanded you to do, so that YHWH’s glory may appear to you.
Greek · Saints priority
9:6 Moses said: Do this thing that the Lord said, and the Lord’s glory will appear among you.
The command and promised manifestation correspond; to / among you remains distinct.
9:7 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:7 Moses said to Aaron: Draw near to the altar, prepare your sin offering and burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Prepare the people’s offering and make atonement for them, as YHWH commanded.
Greek · Saints priority
9:7 Moses said to Aaron: Draw near to the altar, prepare your offering for sin and your whole burnt offering, and make propitiation for yourself and your household. Prepare the people’s gifts and make propitiation for them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
The first rite concerns yourself and the people / yourself and your household. This changes its stated beneficiaries. Greek also names Moses in the closing command formula.
Aaron’s offerings · 9:8–14
9:8 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:8 Aaron drew near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering that was for himself.
Greek · Saints priority
9:8 Aaron drew near to the altar and slaughtered the calf for the sin offering.
Greek lacks the explicit “for himself” qualification here.
9:9 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:9 Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him. He dipped his finger in the blood, put it on the altar’s horns, and poured the blood at the altar’s base.
Greek · Saints priority
9:9 Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him. He dipped his finger in the blood, put it on the altar’s horns, and poured the blood at the altar’s base.
The blood rite corresponds.
9:10 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:10 He burned the fat, the kidneys, and the appendage of the liver from the sin offering on the altar, as YHWH commanded Moses.
Greek · Saints priority
9:10 He offered up the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver of the sin offering on the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Burn / offer up and liver appendage / lobe recur.
9:11 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:11 He burned the flesh and hide with fire outside the camp.
Greek · Saints priority
9:11 He burned up the meat and hide with fire outside the camp.
The disposal corresponds.
9:12 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:12 He slaughtered the burnt offering. Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he dashed it all around against the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
9:12 He slaughtered the whole burnt offering. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he poured it all around against the altar.
Dash / pour.
9:13 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:13 They handed him the burnt offering in its pieces, with the head, and he burned them on the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
9:13 They brought him the whole burnt offering limb by limb, the parts and the head, and he placed them on the altar.
Burn / place.
9:14 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:14 He washed the entrails and legs and burned them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
9:14 He washed the belly and feet with water and placed them upon the whole burnt offering on the altar.
Greek explicitly includes water; anatomical terms and burn / place also differ.
The people’s offerings and the divine appearance · 9:15–24
9:15 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:15 He presented the people’s offering, took the goat of the sin offering for the people, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin as he had the first.
Greek · Saints priority
9:15 They presented the people’s gift, and he took the male kid for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it as he had the first.
The presenting subject is singular / plural; Greek lacks a separate verb for offering it for sin.
9:16 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:16 He presented the burnt offering and prepared it according to the rule.
Greek · Saints priority
9:16 He presented the whole burnt offering and prepared it as was fitting.
The prescribed preparation corresponds.
9:17 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:17 He presented the grain offering, filled his palm with some of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the morning burnt offering.
Greek · Saints priority
9:17 He presented the sacrifice, filled his hands with some of it, and placed it on the altar, apart from the morning whole burnt offering.
Palm / hands changes the stated grasp; burn / place recurs.
9:18 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:18 He slaughtered the ox and ram, the people’s sacrifice of well-being. Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he dashed it all around against the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
9:18 He slaughtered the calf and ram of the people’s sacrifice of deliverance. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he poured it all around against the altar.
Ox / calf, well-being / deliverance, and dash / pour.
9:19 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:19 The fat portions from the ox and ram—the fat tail, the covering fat, the kidneys, and the appendage of the liver—
Greek · Saints priority
9:19 The fat from the calf and ram—the loin, the fat covering the belly, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the lobe on the liver—
Fat tail / loin again changes the portion; Greek explicitly includes the fat on the kidneys.
9:20 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:20 they placed on the breasts, and he burned the fat portions on the altar.
Greek · Saints priority
9:20 he placed on the breasts, and they offered up the fat on the altar.
The agents reverse number: they placed / he burned, versus he placed / they offered up.
9:21 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:21 Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before YHWH, as Moses commanded.
Greek · Saints priority
9:21 Aaron removed the breast and the right foreleg as a portion set apart before the Lord, as the Lord directed Moses.
The portion and gesture differ; Hebrew attributes the immediate command to Moses, Greek to the Lord addressing Moses.
9:22 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:22 Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. He came down after preparing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the well-being offerings.
Greek · Saints priority
9:22 Aaron lifted his hands over the people and blessed them. He came down after preparing the offering for sin, the whole burnt offerings, and the deliverance offerings.
The blessing and completed sacrificial sequence correspond.
Rabbinic reception. Rashi identifies Aaron’s blessing with the priestly blessing in Numbers 6:22–27. Leviticus itself does not repeat the blessing’s words here. Rashi, Leviticus 9:22
9:23 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:23 Moses and Aaron entered the Tent of Meeting. They came out and blessed the people, and YHWH’s glory appeared to all the people.
Greek · Saints priority
9:23 Moses and Aaron entered the Tent of Testimony. They came out and blessed all the people, and the Lord’s glory appeared to all the people.
Greek includes “all” in the blessing clause as well as the appearance clause.
9:24 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
9:24 Fire came out from before YHWH and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. All the people saw, shouted for joy, and fell on their faces.
Greek · Saints priority
9:24 Fire came out from the Lord and consumed what was on the altar, both the whole burnt offerings and the fat. All the people saw, were astonished, and fell on their faces.
Hebrew describes an audible joyful shout; Greek describes astonishment. Both narrate prostration.
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