Leviticus 6 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Same 8 Similar 9 Different 8 Divergent 3 Disparate 2
Disparate in this chapter: 6:2, 6:5
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.
Restitution for wrongdoing · 6:1–7
6:1 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:1 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 5:20
Greek · Saints priority
6:1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 5:20
Source numbering 5:20; conventional English 6:1.
6:2 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:2 If anyone sins and acts unfaithfully against YHWH by deceiving his neighbor about a deposit, something entrusted to his hand, robbery, or extortion against his neighbor,
BHS/RH 5:21
Greek · Saints priority
6:2 If anyone sins and deliberately disregards the Lord’s commandments, and lies to his neighbor about a deposit, a partnership, robbery, or any wrong done to his neighbor,
BHS/RH 5:21
Hebrew’s breach of trust against YHWH becomes disregard of His commandments; the entrusted property is a partnership in Greek. These change the legal description of the offense.
6:3 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:3 or finds something lost and lies about it, swearing falsely concerning any of the things that a person may do and sin by doing—
BHS/RH 5:22
Greek · Saints priority
6:3 or finds something lost and lies about it and swears unjustly concerning any of the things a person may do so as to sin in them—
BHS/RH 5:22
The lost-property offense and false or unjust oath correspond.
6:4 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:4 when he sins and incurs guilt, he shall return what he stole, what he extorted, the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost thing he found,
BHS/RH 5:23
Greek · Saints priority
6:4 when he sins and commits an offense, he shall return the plunder he seized, what he obtained by wrongdoing, the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost thing he found,
BHS/RH 5:23
Restitution of the listed property corresponds.
6:5 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:5 or anything about which he swore falsely. He shall repay its principal and add a fifth to it. He shall give it to its owner on the day of his guilt offering.
BHS/RH 5:24
Greek · Saints priority
6:5 from every matter about which he swore unjustly. He shall repay its principal and add a fifth to it. He shall repay its owner on the day he is convicted.
BHS/RH 5:24
The deadline is the day of his asham, here read as the guilt offering, versus the day he is exposed or convicted in Greek. Hebrew can also be read as the day guilt is acknowledged; that alternative narrows the contrast.
6:6 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:6 He shall bring to YHWH his guilt offering: an unblemished ram from the flock, according to your assessment, as a guilt offering to the priest.
BHS/RH 5:25
Greek · Saints priority
6:6 For his offense he shall bring to the Lord an unblemished ram from the flock, of a value corresponding to his offense against Him.
BHS/RH 5:25
Greek lacks the explicit delivery to the priest and the addressee’s assessment; it relates the value to the offense.
6:7 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:7 The priest shall make atonement for him before YHWH, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things he has done and thereby incurred guilt.
BHS/RH 5:26
Greek · Saints priority
6:7 The priest shall make propitiation for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things he has done and in which he has offended Him.
BHS/RH 5:26
Both join restitution, priestly mediation, and forgiveness.
The burnt offering and the altar fire · 6:8–13
6:8 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:8 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 6:1
Greek · Saints priority
6:8 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 6:1
Source 6:1 corresponds to conventional English 6:8.
6:9 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on its hearth on the altar all night until morning, and the altar fire shall be kept burning on it.
BHS/RH 6:2
Greek · Saints priority
6:9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of whole burning. The whole burnt offering shall remain on its burning place on the altar all night until morning, and the altar fire shall burn on it; it shall not be extinguished.
BHS/RH 6:2
Greek includes an explicit prohibition on extinguishing the fire here, repeated later in both texts.
6:10 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:10 The priest shall put on his linen garment and linen undergarments over his flesh. He shall lift away the ashes left when the fire consumes the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar.
BHS/RH 6:3
Greek · Saints priority
6:10 The priest shall put on a linen tunic and linen undergarments around his body. He shall remove from the altar the residue of the offering that the fire has consumed in the whole burning and place it beside the altar.
BHS/RH 6:3
The clothing and removal of the burned residue correspond.
6:11 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:11 He shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
BHS/RH 6:4
Greek · Saints priority
6:11 He shall take off his robe, put on another robe, and carry the residue of the offering outside the camp to a clean place.
BHS/RH 6:4
Plural garments / singular robe; both require a change before removal outside.
6:12 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it shall not go out. Every morning the priest shall burn wood on it, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn on it the fat of the sacrifices of well-being.
BHS/RH 6:5
Greek · Saints priority
6:12 The fire on the altar shall burn from it and shall not be extinguished. In the morning the priest shall burn wood on it, pile the whole burnt offering on it, and place on it the fat of the deliverance offering.
BHS/RH 6:5
Greek says place the fat, while Hebrew says burn it; Hebrew repeats morning to express daily recurrence.
6:13 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:13 A continual fire shall be kept burning on the altar; it shall not go out.
BHS/RH 6:6
Greek · Saints priority
6:13 A fire shall burn continually on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.
BHS/RH 6:6
The perpetual fire requirement corresponds.
The grain offering · 6:14–18
6:14 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:14 This is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before YHWH, in front of the altar.
BHS/RH 6:7
Greek · Saints priority
6:14 This is the law of the sacrifice that Aaron’s sons shall present before the Lord, opposite the altar.
BHS/RH 6:7
Grain offering / sacrifice follows the recurring terminology.
6:15 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:15 He shall lift from it a handful of the grain offering’s fine flour and oil, with all the frankincense on the grain offering, and burn it on the altar as its memorial portion, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.
BHS/RH 6:8
Greek · Saints priority
6:15 He shall remove a handful from the sacrifice’s fine flour with its oil and the frankincense upon the sacrifice, and offer it up on the altar as an offering, a fragrant aroma, its memorial portion to the Lord.
BHS/RH 6:8
Greek lacks an explicit “all†for the frankincense and says offer up rather than burn.
6:16 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:16 Aaron and his sons shall eat what remains of it. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they shall eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
BHS/RH 6:9
Greek · Saints priority
6:16 Aaron and his sons shall eat what remains of it. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they shall eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Testimony.
BHS/RH 6:9
The eating rule and location correspond; the established tent-title distinction remains.
6:17 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion from My offerings by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
BHS/RH 6:10
Greek · Saints priority
6:17 It shall not be baked leavened. I have given it to them as a portion from the Lord’s offerings. It is most holy, like the offering for sin and the offering for offense.
BHS/RH 6:10
God’s first-person “My†becomes “the Lord’s†within the Greek divine speech.
6:18 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:18 Every male among Aaron’s sons may eat it, as a perpetual due throughout your generations from YHWH’s offerings by fire. Whatever touches them shall become holy.
BHS/RH 6:11
Greek · Saints priority
6:18 Every male among the priests may eat it, as a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations from the Lord’s offerings. Everyone who touches them shall be sanctified.
BHS/RH 6:11
Aaron’s sons / priests; Hebrew’s contact expression permits things or persons, whereas Greek explicitly uses a personal construction.
The priest’s offering · 6:19–23
6:19 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:19 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 6:12
Greek · Saints priority
6:19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 6:12
The speech formula corresponds.
6:20 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:20 This is the offering of Aaron and his sons that they shall present to YHWH on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a continual grain offering, half in the morning and half in the evening.
BHS/RH 6:13
Greek · Saints priority
6:20 This is the gift of Aaron and his sons that they shall present to the Lord on the day you anoint him: a tenth of an oiphi of fine flour as a continual sacrifice, half in the morning and half in the evening.
BHS/RH 6:13
Greek expressly makes the addressee the anointing agent. Ephah / oiphi names the corresponding measure.
6:21 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:21 It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well mixed. Present it as baked pieces of the grain offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.
BHS/RH 6:14
Greek · Saints priority
6:21 It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; he shall bring it mixed, in rolled pieces, a sacrifice of fragments, a sacrifice as a fragrant aroma to the Lord.
BHS/RH 6:14
The difficult Hebrew preparation terms and Greek “rolled pieces†are not forced into one recipe; person also differs.
6:22 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:22 The priest from among his sons who is anointed in his place shall prepare it. It is a perpetual statute for YHWH; it shall be burned entirely.
BHS/RH 6:15
Greek · Saints priority
6:22 The priest from among his sons who is anointed in his place shall prepare it. It is a perpetual law; it shall all be fully performed.
BHS/RH 6:15
Hebrew explicitly names YHWH and complete burning; Greek states full performance. The following Greek verse supplies whole burning.
6:23 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned; it shall not be eaten.
BHS/RH 6:16
Greek · Saints priority
6:23 Every sacrifice of a priest shall be wholly burned and shall not be eaten.
BHS/RH 6:16
The shared rule concerns the priestly cereal offering in context, despite Greek’s general sacrifice term.
The sin offering · 6:24–30
6:24 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:24 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 6:17
Greek · Saints priority
6:24 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
BHS/RH 6:17
The speech formula corresponds.
6:25 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:25 Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin offering. Where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before YHWH. It is most holy.
BHS/RH 6:18
Greek · Saints priority
6:25 Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin offering. Where they slaughter the whole burnt offering, they shall slaughter the offerings for sin before the Lord. They are most holy.
BHS/RH 6:18
Passive / unspecified plural agency; Greek uses plural sin offerings.
6:26 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
BHS/RH 6:19
Greek · Saints priority
6:26 The priest who offers it up shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Testimony.
BHS/RH 6:19
The offering priest’s entitlement corresponds.
6:27 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:27 Whatever touches its flesh shall become holy. When some of its blood is spattered on a garment, you shall wash the spattered part in a holy place.
BHS/RH 6:20
Greek · Saints priority
6:27 Everyone who touches its meat shall be sanctified. If some of its blood is sprinkled on a garment, what has been sprinkled shall be washed in a holy place.
BHS/RH 6:20
Hebrew’s broader contact construction / Greek’s personal subject; both prescribe washing the blood-marked garment.
6:28 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:28 An earthenware vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. If it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that vessel shall be scoured and rinsed with water.
BHS/RH 6:21
Greek · Saints priority
6:28 An earthenware vessel in which it is boiled shall be shattered. If it is boiled in a bronze vessel, he shall scrub it and rinse it with water.
BHS/RH 6:21
The distinct treatment of earthenware and bronze corresponds.
6:29 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:29 Every male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
BHS/RH 6:22
Greek · Saints priority
6:29 Every male among the priests may eat them; they are most holy to the Lord.
BHS/RH 6:22
Greek includes “to the Lord†and uses a plural object.
6:30 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
6:30 No sin offering whose blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the sanctuary shall be eaten; it shall be burned with fire.
BHS/RH 6:23
Greek · Saints priority
6:30 None of the offerings for sin whose blood is brought into the Tent of Testimony to make propitiation in the holy place shall be eaten; they shall be burned up with fire.
BHS/RH 6:23
The prohibition and disposal of offerings whose blood enters the sanctuary correspond.
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