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(especially in the Book of Daniel)
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New Testament authors used the Septuagint.
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into any new language from its original, which was mostly Hebrew and some Aramaic
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see Exodus 12:40
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In some instances, the Septuagint agreed more with the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch than with the Masoretic/Jewish) text. See, e.g., Exodus 12:40.
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as requested by Ptolemy II
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the first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament of the Bible
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"his staff found Hebrew to be a difficult language to understand" - substantiating text at preface in Sir. 1:1 Douay-Rheims 1899 American edition, link https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+1%3A1&version=DRA - added at risk of redundancy
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→Objections to the Septuagint: added quote to ref note "...for the Hebrew words have not the same force in them when translated into another tongue. And not only these, but the law also itself, and the prophets, and the rest of the books"...
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→Objections to the Septuagint: ref note link to Douay-Rheims Sirach 1:1 preface to the Book of Sirach https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+1%3A1&version=DRA
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