"5... Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God."
The above verse is taken from Psalm 40. But if we read Psalm 40, it says,
"6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,"
We see that the verse in Psalms is not the exactly the same as the one in Hebrews. In Hebrews it says "but a body hast thou prepared " whereas in Psalms it says " mine ears hast thou opened"
Why is this?
Because Paul records the verse from the Septuagint ( psalm 39 in Sept.), not the Masoretic text.
"5... Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God."
The above verse is taken from Psalm 40. But if we read Psalm 40, it says,
"6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,"
We see that the verse in Psalms is not the exactly the same as the one in Hebrews. In Hebrews it says "but a body hast thou prepared " whereas in Psalms it says " mine ears hast thou opened"
Why is this?
Because Paul records the verse from the Septuagint ( psalm 39 in Sept.), not the Masoretic text.
GBU all.
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