Leviticus 8:10

Hebrew Bible

9 Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. 11 Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar, all its vessels, and the washbasin and its stand to consecrate them. 12 He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

LXX Leviticus 8:10

Septuagint

9 And he placed the headband on his head and attached to the headband, on the front of it, a thin plate of gold, consecrated and holy, the way the Lord had charged Moses 10 And Moses took some of the olive oil for anointing, 11 and he sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and he anointed the altar and consecrated it and all of its various implements, and the basin and its base. And he consecrated them; and he anointed the tabernacle and all the items in it, and he consecrated it 12 And Moses poured some of the oil for anointing on the head of Aaron and anointed him and consecrated him

 Notes and References

"... The Septuagint moves verse 10 after verse 11. According to this perspective, Moses first consecrates the objects placed outside (the altar and the basin for ablutions) and then the interior objects (the tabernacle and its furnishings). In contrast, in the Masoretic text, the tabernacle is anointed first, before the other objects. However, the parallel is not perfect: in verse 10, the altar is simply anointed, whereas in Leviticus 8:11, it is sprinkled seven times with the anointing oil. The reversal observed in Leviticus 8:10-11 between the Masoretic and Septuagint clearly implies two different theological conceptions. In one case, holiness is primarily conferred on the tabernacle and its sacred objects, and only afterward on the altar. In the other case, the process is reversed ..."

Paximadi, Giorgio "Entre Variantes Et Interprétations. Corruption Textuelle Ou Exégèse Dans Le Texte De La Septante Du Lévitique?" in Himbaza, Innocent (ed.) The Text of Leviticus: Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium of the Dominique Barthélemy Institute (pp. 133-148) Peeters, 2020

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