Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Laurent:

Didn't you ask this question before? At the time I didn't respond because
you are asking for specific information which I don't have.

However, there are so many places where the LXX either adds or subtracts
verses when comparing it to the Masoretic text, that this particular verse
may have escaped scholarly consideration. It may be that the Hebrew text
used by the LXX translators lacked this verse, so this was not a deliberate
omission by the LXX translators. Today we are guessing based on insufficient
evidence.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Laurent Pinchard <ougaritique AT yahoo.fr>wrote:

> in the LXX version of Ex 32,9 (golden calf) the verse is missing whilst the
> MT specifies "wayomer yhwh el mosheh rayty et ha'm hazeh wehineh
> 'm-kesheh-oref hou" = and the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people,
> and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
>
> Does this mean this an addition to the original text or has LXX
> deliberately omitted this verse (if so, why). I am looking for reference
> papers/bibliography on this.
>
> thanks
>
> laurent
>
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