{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_lev008_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_lev008_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_lev008_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/lev008.htm","summary":"This is a liturgical-legal text from the Hebrew Bible \u2014 specifically Leviticus 8, presented in parallel columns showing the King James Version (with Strong's Concordance reference numbers interleaved) alongside the ancient Greek Septuagint (LXX). The passage narrates the ordination ceremony of Aaron and his sons as Israel's first priests, conducted by Moses before the assembled congregation at the Tabernacle entrance. The ceremony proceeds through a precise sequence: ritual washing, vesting Aaron in the full priestly regalia (tunic, girdle, ephod, breastplate with Urim and Thummim, and golden crown), anointing the Tabernacle and altar with oil, then sacrificing a bull for sin, one ram for burnt offering, and a second \"ram of consecration\" \u2014 with blood daubed on Aaron's right ear, thumb, and great toe to consecrate his hearing, action, and movement to priestly service. The parallel-text format is distinctive, serving text-critical or comparative scholarly purposes, as it allows readers to observe lexical and structural differences between the Hebrew tradition (via KJV) and the Greek translation tradition, such as the Septuagint's rendering of \"Urim and Thummim\" as \"manifestation and truth\" (\u03b4\u03ae\u03bb\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd). This would primarily interest scholars of biblical studies, ancient languages, or the history of priestly ritual, rather than general readers.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 8","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":3136}