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Hebrews 10:5

“Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says: Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but a body you prepared for me;”

Hebrews 10:5 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 40:6-8

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Hebrews puts the psalm in the mouth of the Son. Where the Hebrew says “ears you have opened for me,” Hebrews says “a body you prepared for me.”

Formula: εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον λέγει “when he comes into the world, he says” (Hebrews 10:5)

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Greek of the New Testament: διὸ εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον λέγει Θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ εὐδόκησας τότε εἶπον Ἰδοὺ ἥκω ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ποιῆσαι ὁ θεός τὸ θέλημά σου

Hebrew (Masoretic text): זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה לֹא חָפַצְתָּ אָזְנַיִם כָּרִיתָ לִּי עוֹלָה וַחֲטָאָה לֹא שָׁאָלְתָּ אָז אָמַרְתִּי הִנֵּה בָאתִי בִּמְגִלַּת סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלָי לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנְךָ אֱלֹהַי חָפָצְתִּי וְתוֹרָתְךָ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָי

Septuagint (Psalms 39:7-9 in the Septuagint numbering): θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, σῶμα δέ κατηρτίσω μοι· ὁλοκαύτωμα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ᾔτησας. τότε εἶπον Ἰδοὺ ἥκω, ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ· τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημά σου ὁ θεός μου ἐβουλήθην, καὶ τὸν νόμον σου ἐν μέσῳ τῆς καρδίας μου.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 12 consecutive words: “τότε εἶπον Ἰδοὺ ἥκω ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ποιῆσαι.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hebrews 10:5, word by word

Thereforeδιὸdio

therefore

"Therefore", "for this reason".

Where else “dio” appears
when he comesεἰσερχόμενοςeiserchomenos

enter

To go into a house, a town or a place.

Where else “eiserchomenos” appears
the worldκόσμονkosmon

creation

Everything God made.

Where else “kosmon” appears
he saysλέγειlegei

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legei” appears
SacrificeΘυσίανThysian

sacrifice

What was offered to God on the altar.

Where else “Thysian” appears
offeringπροσφορὰνprosphoran

offering

Offering: what is presented to God.

Where else “prosphoran” appears
wantἠθέλησαςēthelēsas

want

To have the desire or the resolve for something.

Where else “ēthelēsas” appears
a bodyσῶμαsōma

body

The person in his physical part, living or dead.

Where else “sōma” appears
you preparedκατηρτίσωkatērtisō

equip

To make someone or something ready and complete for its task.

Where else “katērtisō” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Psalm 40:6-8 according to the Greek Old Testament, which the letter puts in the mouth of the Son. The Hebrew text says “ears you have opened for me.”

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Quotation · Psalms 40:6-8

Hebrews puts the psalm in the mouth of the Son. Where the Hebrew says “ears you have opened for me,” Hebrews says “a body you prepared for me.”

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Hebrews 10:5

5Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says: Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but a body you prepared for me;

Psalms 40:6-8

6Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; ears you have opened for me; burnt offering and sin offering you did not ask.

The context

4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5 · This verse (above)

6you did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin.

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