saying:λέγωνThisΤοῦτοisthe bloodτὸ αἷμαof the covenantτῆς διαθήκηςthatἧςGodὁ θεόςcommandedἐνετείλατοforπρὸςyou.ὑμᾶς
Quotation · Exodus 24:8
Go to Exodus 24:8Hebrews quotes the words of Moses as he sprinkled the people with the blood. Where Exodus says “the covenant that YHWH has made with you,” Hebrews says “the covenant that God commanded for you.”
Formula: λέγων “saying” (Hebrews 9:20)
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Greek of the New Testament: λέγων Τοῦτο τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַדָּם וַיִּזְרֹק עַל הָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה דַם הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם עַל כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
Septuagint (Exodus 24:7-8 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ λαβὼν τὸ βιβλίον τῆς διαθήκης ἀνέγνω εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ εἶπαν Πάντα ὅσα ἐλάλησεν κύριος ποιήσομεν καὶ ἀκουσόμεθα. λαβὼν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὸ αἷμα κατεσκέδασεν τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ἴδου τὸ αἷμα τῆς δια- θήκης ἧς διέθετο κύριος πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ πάντων τῶν λόγων τούτων.
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0
Covenantבְּרִית / διαθήκηברית diathēkē
A solemn commitment between two parties, with obligations and often with an oath, sacrifice or sign. God makes a covenant with Abraham (Genesis 15:18; 17:10) and with Israel at Sinai, sealed with blood (Exodus 24:8); Jeremiah announces a new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31). In Hebrews 9:16-17 the Greek word is used in the sense of “testament.”
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