06-23-2013, 04:56 AM
Hello Ivan,
Here is another error in Hebrew Masoretic Text.
Isaiah 8:19-20 (Lamsa Translation of Peshitta Tanakh) - "And when they shall say to you, Inquire of men who have familiar spirits and of wise men who chirp and mutter, these men are not God?s people, who inquire of the dead concerning the living. As for the law and the testimony, if they do not speak according to this word, it is because they do not receive a bribe for it."
Isaiah 8:19-20 (Septuagint) - "And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living? For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it."
Peshitta Tanakh has Shokhad which means bribe or gift or reward. That's why Septuagint has gifts.
But Hebrew Masoretic text has shakhar in Isaiah 8:20 which means light.
Isaiah 8:19-20 (JPS Tanakh 1917 of Hebrew Masoretic Text) - "And when they shall say unto you: ?Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead. for instruction and for testimony???Surely they will speak according to this word, where in there is no light."
Here is another error in Hebrew Masoretic Text.
Isaiah 8:19-20 (Lamsa Translation of Peshitta Tanakh) - "And when they shall say to you, Inquire of men who have familiar spirits and of wise men who chirp and mutter, these men are not God?s people, who inquire of the dead concerning the living. As for the law and the testimony, if they do not speak according to this word, it is because they do not receive a bribe for it."
Isaiah 8:19-20 (Septuagint) - "And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living? For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it."
Peshitta Tanakh has Shokhad which means bribe or gift or reward. That's why Septuagint has gifts.
But Hebrew Masoretic text has shakhar in Isaiah 8:20 which means light.
Isaiah 8:19-20 (JPS Tanakh 1917 of Hebrew Masoretic Text) - "And when they shall say unto you: ?Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead. for instruction and for testimony???Surely they will speak according to this word, where in there is no light."