Every generation has a responsibility to push back against prejudice and ignorance in whichever form it rears its ugly head. This is especially true for those of us who hold to a Biblical world view and call ourselves followers of Christ (Christians). Today I want to push back against a conspiracy theory that seems to be couched in Biblical scholarship but in reality is based upon assumption and error.

 What I’m talking about is the disparagement which claims that certain Jewish Rabbis maliciously manipulated the Hebrew Masoretic (MT) text of the Bible to undermine early Christian faith in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Bible’s promised Messiah. The flip side of this theory states that because of these manipulations of the Hebrew text, the Greek Septuagint (LXX) text of the Bible is a more dependable text and should be restored as the primary translation of the Old Testament.

LXX & MT Background (an overly simplified explanation)
For those who are not familiar with the background of the LXX and MT, in short today nearly every translation of the Old Testament (OT) comes from one of these two older translations of the Old Testament.  The LXX is a translation of the OT in Greek made by 70 seventy translators beginning in the 3^rd century BC from an older Hebrew version of the OT. There is evidence that the LXX or a similar version was quoted from in the New Testament.

The MT is a Hebrew version of the OT copied and edited by Jewish Mesoretes (7^th-10^th centuries) from an older Hebrew version. The oldest extant copies of the MT text date to roughly the 9^th century AD. Today the MT test is the basis for most Bible translations used today.

These two version of the Old Testament differ in certain passages and these differences have been a source of contention amongst Biblical scholars for centuries if not millenniums.

Rebooting a Conspiracy
So let’s look closer at why some scholars believe the MT text of the Old Testament was changed by the Jewish Rabbis after the time of Christ. The manipulation, so the conspiracy theory goes, was undertaken by the Jewish Rabbis beginning nearly 1900 years ago and accomplished in at least two ways:

 The first manipulation (the conspiracy theorists claim) was accomplished by the Jewish Rabbis changing the original Hebrew chronology of the Old Testament so as to make it seem that Yeshua (Jesus) did not arrive at the time the Messiah was expected to appear.

 The Second manipulation (the conspiracy theorists claim) was accomplished by Jewish Rabbis changing certain Hebrew words in the Messianic passages of the OT used by early Christians to prove that Yeshua was the Messiah. This purposeful change of the Hebrew text (by the Rabbis) was in order to undermine the Messianic nature of those passages and again undermine Christian claims that Yeshua was the Bible’s prophesied messiah.

As we dig into this subject you need to understand why this is so important. Today anti-Semitism is once again raging across our world and the adversary hasn’t changed his methods. Did you know that Nazi Germany’s anti Semitism was born out of a racist form of evolutionary Darwinism that believed the Jewish people were an inferior (less evolved) race than the Aryan race and it was for the good of mankind that they were being exterminated? This “scientific” racism was then supplemented by the still earlier seeds of anti-Semitism sown by Martin Luther and other religious leaders centuries before and then used by Hitler and the Nazi’s a further justification for the extermination of the Jewish people. The result of which  we now call the Holocaust.

What many Christians are ignorant of, is that while Martin Luther contributed greatly to the Protestant Reformation, he was a conflicted man and later in life it is evident that he developed a great animosity towards the Jewish people. So much so that he wrote a diatribe against the Jews entitled: The Jews and their Lies. This evil rant by Luther was in fact used centuries later by the Nazi’s as part of the justification for their treatment of the Jews. Here are few of the actions that Luther advised the German Christians to take against the Jewish people of his day: (you can read Luther’s entire vile rant here)

• • • Christians should “set fire to their synagogues or schools and bury and cover with whatever will not burn”
    • That Jewish houses should be “razed and destroyed”
    • That their “Talmudic writings… be taken from them”
    • “Their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb.”
    • “safe conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews”
    • “…that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them and put aside for safekeeping…”
    • Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did in the wilderness, slaying three thousand lest the whole people perish.

Honestly, Luther’s words are hard to distinguish from those of Hitler’s and his murderous henchmen. The point of bringing up Luther’s horrific statements above, is that words and the ideas they engender have consequences, even if those sentiments lie dormant for a very long time. Even if you one tries to claim Luther’s words were given in a moment of person weakness and frustration, nevertheless those seeds of malice lay dormant just waiting for the right growing environment. That season came years later in Nazi Germany.

Reseeding the Garden of Prejudice
I believe that claiming the Jewish Rabbis of past centuries manipulated the Hebrew Bible to undermine Christian faith in Yeshua the Messiah is an evil seed that should not be nurtured in the garden of Christian thought. While such a conspiracy theory may not be rooted in any real anti-Semitism by the Christian scholars who propose it today, if left unchallenged such seeds are sure to find fertile grounds, if not in the anti-Semitic passions of our generation, surely in that of one to come.

God forbid we as Christians (by commission or omission) provide any assistance to those who would persecute Yahweh’s chosen people. As a final thought, before doing my best to refute the rabbinic forgeries conspiracy theory, let me remind you what Yahweh has in store for the Jewish people who He considers “the apple of his eye”. These prophecies of Zechariah are just two of many examples found in the Old Testament.

Zechariah 2:8-13   
⁸ For thus saith YHWH of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.  ⁹ For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that YHWH of hosts hath sent me. 

¹⁰ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith YHWH.  ¹¹ And many nations shall be joined to YHWH in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that YHWH of hosts hath sent me unto thee.  ¹² And YHWH shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.  ¹³ Be silent, O all flesh, before YHWH: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

Zechariah 8:22-23   
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek YHWH of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before YHWH.  ²³ Thus saith YHWH of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

Refuting a Christian Conspiracy Theory

“The astonishing story of a 1900-year-old rabbinical conspiracy to corrupt the Bible’s ancient history and thwart belief in Jesus as the Messiah.”

These are the words boldly proclaimed on the cover of Douglas Woodward’s book Rebooting the Bible. In this article and any following articles I’ll be challenging several foundational claims Mr. Woodward makes in his rabbinic conspiracy theory, a theory I might add that is shared by other respected Bible scholars and historian from the past and present. 

At the outset I want to make clear that I do not believe Mr. Woodward is a racist. I’ve read and reviewed several of his books over the years and from what I can determine he is a smart and talented author who in my opinion in this instance has gone far afield of sound and reasonable scholarship. I’d encourage each of you to read the fuller context of the quotes I’ll be taking from Mr. Woodward’s book so you can make your own determination about the validity of his claims and my challenges to those claims. His book can be found on Amazon here: Rebooting the Bible

LXX verse MT
To start of with I’d like to address one of the foundational claims made by Mr. Woodward relating the superiority of the Septuagint (LXX) verses the Masoretic (MT) text of the Scripture. Mr. Woodward believes the Septuagint is superior because the Masoretes forged certain passages of the Old Testament in order to obfuscate the identity of Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah.  I quote Mr. Woodward:

“…the argument this book puts forth is that the King James Version was created using the Masoretic Text (MT), and therefore, was corrupted long before today. It happened nineteen centuries ago. This corruption was intentional. It was carried out by those rabbis who survived the destruction of Herod’s Temple.” (Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible – Preface xii)

“To peek behind the curtains (and to peak your interest), here’s this story in a nutshell: Second-century rabbis deliberately altered the biblical text 1,900 years ago to twist what the original authors wrote.” (Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible – introduction p.11)

Beginning with discussions on Genesis 5 and 11, scholarship reveals what must have been the second-century rabbis’ corrupting principle. If so, it confirms the thesis of this book. And it demonstrates that if they were willing to change the Bible and history in one area, they were equaling willing to change it in another.” (Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible – Chapter 5 Correcting Chronology: The Genesis Timeline Recovered, pp. 217-218, emphasis by Mr. Woodward)

“So why should Christians care? Akiba’s position of authority and interpretive method became the bais for his altering Scripture. You see, if the Bible’s wording didn’t suit Akiba, he (and his disciples) would merely change it to what would. And , as we will document, these unwanted (and unwarranted) changes eventually found their way into the Protestant Bible’s Old Testament.” (Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible – Chapter 2 – Rabbi Akiba & the Bar Kokhba Revolt, p. 90)

“Conclusion
If we seek the most accurate Old Testament available today, the verdict must be the Alexandrian (OG) Septuagint. It was the Church’s Bible for hundreds of years, it has the best textual support, and it offers splendid backing from the affirmation that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. Additionally, it was the intent of Rabbi Akiba ben Josef and the Mamnia Academy to muddle the biblical testimony that God Himself would come In the flesh as our Redeemer. Thus, the most essential attribute of the Messiah was rejected by Rabbinical Judaism – that the Messiah was not just “anointed” – He was a member of the Godhead.” ((Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible – Chapter 2,  Rabbi Akiba & the Bar Kokhba Revolt, p. 111, emphasis by Mr. Woodward)

One of the most troubling aspects of Mr. Woodward’s accusations found in the quotes above is that in over 400 pages of arguments and documentation in his book he cannot provide a single verifiable instance where it can be proven that Rabbi Akiba or any other Jewish Rabbi purposely altered the MT text of the Bible to undermine Christian belief in Yeshua as the Bible’s promised redeemer. To the casual reader the quotes above by Mr Woodward appear to be concrete statements of fact. Unfortunately, if you read closely you’ll also find these claims are qualified in other parts of the book with the admission “it appears” and “it is suspected”.  Here are a couple of examples:

Suspected but not Proven

The Evolution of the Protestant Bible
At this point, we need to pause and recap how the Protestant Bible was married to the Masoretic Text, while the LXX was “left at the altar.” Given the suspected perfidiousness of the rabbis altering the text, it seems the Septuagint would be preferred.” (Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible –Correcting Chronology: The Genesis Timeline Recovered, p. 202)

“Chapter Three
The Battle for the Septuagint

Inspecting the Scene of the Crime
AS SHOULD BE APPARENT TO THE READER BY THIS POINT, THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO SUSPECT THAT THE TEXT PROTESTANTS AFFIRM AS THE AUTHORITATIVE STANDARD was intentionally corrupted by rabbinical academies in the early second century. In contrast, the Septuagint, whose Pentateuch translation was completed in the middle of the third century B.C. I Alexandria, Egypt, has escaped this textual sabotage.” (Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible – Chapter 3, The Battle for the Septuagint, p. 113, emphasis by Mr. Woodward)

“Finally, as illustrated in the preceding chapter in considerable detail, there are numerous Jewish scholars and textual experts who confirm that the rabbinic school had “method, means, and opportunity” to alter the text”. (Woodward, S. Douglas, Rebooting the Bible – Chapter 3, The Battle for the Septuagint, p. 117)

Underline emphasis added by WS

“Method, Means, and Opportunity”
I don’t know about you, but I’d hate to be judged about something solely upon circumstantial evidence that indicated I had “method, means, and opportunity” to commit a crime. What’s even worse, we are making (unproven) accusations about Jewish Rabbis who can no longer speak in their own defense. The unsettling truth of the matter is, that Mr. Woodward and those who share the Rabbinic forgeries conspiracy theory cannot provid any solid evidence to back up their conspiracy theory, it’s simply conjecture. It is beyond my comprehension why Mr. Woodward or any Christian, would claim 2nd century Jewish Rabbi’s were guilty of an egregious crime without anything more than circumstantial evidence. Sure the textual differences of the MT & LXX are important subjects to be discussed, but libelous accusations about the source of those differences, based upon nothing more than “motive, means, and opportunity”, in my opinion, are not a sound foundation for any serious discussion of the Bible.

Proof of Manipulation
As quoted above Mr. Woodward believes that the LXX is a more trustworthy translation of the Old Testament because he suspects “perfidiousness of the rabbis altering the text” of the MT. As I’ve said, there are some differences between the LXX and the MT, but by Mr. Woodward’s own admission the unintended consequences of these differences did not amount to much until about 200 years ago. I’ll dig into Mr. Woodward’s reasoning for this later because it is importing to the thesis of his book. The bottom line though is the textual differences between the LXX and the MT do not materially impede the overall Messianic redemptive message of either text. No matter which Bible version you read, the message of Yahweh’s Salvation (His Yeshua) is there for any reader to find.

As a layman I can’t give you fancy textual arguments to show you why the Septuagint is not a superior text. It is my opinion that the MT is a more accurate version of the original Hebrew text because despite what the Jewish Rabbis of the 2^nd temple era are accused of, we know for a fact that the 70 translators of the Septuagint did in fact change the original Hebrew text in order to make their version more understandable and appealing to the Greek speaking audience of their day. Kind of like a “living Bible” of there day instead of a literal translation. Here are some real examples of Greek words used to replace the original Hebrew:

1. 1. When translating the original Hebrew words that described the body of water the Israelites crossed when leaving Egypt, the Septuagint authors used the Greek term Erythraean Sea (Red Sea) instead of the Hebrew Yam Suph (Sea of Reeds).
   2. In Exodus 30:13 the Hebrew Bible describes two weights of measure: the shekel and gerah. The Septuagint changes these weights into the Greek measures of didrachm and oboli. Didrachm is also substituted for shekel in other verses as well. (These Greek measures were not invented until centuries after the book of Exodus was recorded.)
   3. In Genesis 46:34 the MT gives the location as Goshen. The LXX changes the text to read Gesem of Arabia.
   4. In Gen. 46:28 the MT tells us that Jacob sent Judah to Joseph in Goshen. The LXX has it as Heroes (Heroopolis) in the land of Ramessses.
   5. To my mind the example that convinces me that the authors of the Septuagint were comfortable modifying the original Hebrew text to appeal to their Greek audience is their abuse of the most important name in the Bible.

You see the translators of the Septuagint took the proper name of Yahweh and over 6500 times replaced it with the impersonal Greek title Theos which could be applied to any god of the Greek pantheon.

It is an obvious double standard to accuse (with only circumstantial evidence) the Jewish Rabbis of the 2^nd century AD of maliciously corrupting the Hebrew MT because it is believed they had the “motive, means, and ” to modify the original Hebrew text to fit their anti-Christian agenda, yet many of these accusers ignore the patently obvious changes to the text by the authors of the Septuagint.  To give you a sense of just how extensive the modification made by the authors of the Septuagint, here is nearly every instance where the personal name of Yahweh was removed from the Septuagint text and replaced with the impersonal title used by the Greeks to identify any “god”.

Genesis
 2:4f, 7ff, 15f, 18f, 21f; 3:1, 8f, 13f, 21ff; 4:1, 3f, 6, 9, 13, 15f, 26; 5:29; 6:3, 6ff; 7:1, 5, 16; 8:20f; 9:26; 10:9; 11:5f, 8f; 12:1, 4, 7f, 17; 13:4, 10, 13f, 18; 14:22; 15:1f, 4, 6ff, 18; 16:2, 5, 7, 9ff, 13; 17:1; 18:1, 3, 12ff, 17, 19f, 22, 26f, 30ff; 19:2, 13f, 16, 18, 24, 27; 20:4, 18; 21:1, 33; 22:11, 14ff; 23:6, 11, 15; 24:1, 3, 7, 12, 18, 21, 26f, 31, 35, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50ff, 56; 25:21ff; 26:2, 12, 22, 24f, 28f; 27:7, 20, 27, 29, 37; 28:13, 16, 21; 29:31ff, 35; 30:24, 27, 30; 31:3, 35, 49; 32:4f, 9, 18; 33:8, 13ff; 38:7, 10; 39:2f, 5, 16, 21, 23; 40:1, 7; 42:10, 30, 33; 44:5, 7ff, 16, 18ff, 22, 24, 33; 45:8f; 47:18, 25; 49:18;

Exodus
 3:2, 4, 7, 15f, 18; 4:1f, 4ff, 10f, 13f, 19, 21f, 24, 27f, 30f; 5:1ff, 17, 21f; 6:1f, 6ff, 10, 12f, 26, 28ff; 7:1, 5f, 8, 10, 13f, 16f, 19f, 22, 25; 8:1, 5, 8, 10, 12f, 15f, 19f, 22, 24, 26ff; 9:1, 3ff, 8, 12f, 20ff, 27ff, 33, 35; 10:1ff, 7ff, 16ff, 24ff; 11:1, 3f, 7, 9f; 12:1, 11f, 14, 23, 25, 27ff, 31, 36, 41ff, 48, 50f; 13:1, 3, 5f, 8f, 11f, 14ff, 21; 14:1, 4, 8, 10, 13ff, 18, 21, 24ff, 30f; 15:1ff, 6, 11, 16ff, 21, 25f; 16:3f, 6ff, 15f, 23, 25, 28f, 32ff; 17:1f, 4f, 7, 14, 16; 18:1, 8ff; 19:3, 7ff, 18, 20ff; 20:2, 5, 7, 10ff, 22; 22:11, 20; 23:17, 19, 25; 24:1ff, 7f, 12, 16f; 25:1; 27:21; 28:12, 29f, 35f, 38; 29:11, 18, 23ff, 28, 41f, 46; 30:8, 10ff, 20, 22, 34, 37; 31:1, 12f, 15, 17; 32:5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 22, 26f, 29ff, 33, 35; 33:1, 5, 7, 9, 11f, 17, 19, 21; 34:1, 4ff, 9f, 14, 23f, 26ff, 32, 34; 35:1f, 4f, 10, 21f, 24, 29f; 36:1f, 5; 38:22; 39:1, 5, 7, 21, 26, 29ff, 42f; 40:1, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 34f, 38;

Leviticus
 1:1ff, 5, 9, 11, 13f, 17; 2:1ff, 8ff, 14, 16; 3:1, 3, 5ff, 9, 11f, 14, 16; 4:1ff, 6f, 13, 15, 17f, 22, 24, 27, 31, 35; 5:6f, 12, 14f, 17, 19; 6:1f, 6ff, 14f, 18ff, 24f; 7:5, 11, 14, 20ff, 25, 28ff, 35f, 38; 8:1, 4f, 9, 13, 17, 21, 26ff, 34ff; 9:2, 4ff, 10, 21, 23f; 10:1ff, 6ff, 11ff, 15, 17, 19; 11:1, 44f; 12:1, 7; 13:1; 14:1, 11f, 16, 18, 23f, 27, 29, 31, 33; 15:1, 14f, 30; 16:1f, 7ff, 12f, 18, 30, 34; 17:1f, 4ff, 9; 18:1f, 4ff, 21, 30; 19:1ff, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21f, 24f, 28, 30ff, 34, 36f; 20:1, 7f, 24, 26; 21:1, 6, 8, 12, 15f, 21, 23; 22:1ff, 8f, 15ff, 21f, 24, 26f, 29ff; 23:1ff, 8f, 11ff, 16ff, 20, 22f, 25ff, 33f, 36ff, 43f; 24:1, 3f, 6ff, 11ff, 16, 22f; 25:1f, 4, 17, 38, 55; 26:1f, 13, 44ff; 27:1f, 9, 11, 14, 16, 21ff, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34;

Numbers
 1:1, 19, 48, 54; 2:1, 33f; 3:1, 4f, 11, 13f, 16, 39ff, 44f, 51; 4:1, 17, 21, 37, 41, 45, 49; 5:1, 4ff, 8, 11, 16, 18, 21, 25, 30; 6:1f, 5f, 8, 12, 14, 16f, 20ff, 24ff; 7:3f, 11; 8:1, 3ff, 10ff, 20ff; 9:1, 5, 7ff, 13f, 18ff, 23; 10:1, 9f, 13, 29, 32ff; 11:1ff, 10f, 16, 18, 20, 23ff, 28f, 31, 33; 12:2, 4ff, 8f, 11, 13f; 13:1, 3; 14:3, 8ff, 13f, 16ff, 20f, 26, 28, 35, 37, 40ff; 15:1, 3f, 7f, 10, 13ff, 17, 19, 21ff, 28, 30f, 35ff, 39, 41; 16:3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15ff, 19f, 23, 28ff, 35f, 38, 40ff, 44, 46; 17:1, 7, 9ff, 13; 18:1, 6, 8, 12f, 15, 17, 19f, 24ff, 28f; 19:1f, 13, 20; 20:3f, 6f, 9, 12f, 16, 23, 27; 21:2f, 6ff, 14, 16, 28, 34; 22:8, 13, 18f, 22ff, 31f, 34f; 23:3, 5, 8, 12, 15ff, 21, 26; 24:1, 6, 11, 13; 25:3f, 10, 16; 26:1, 4, 9, 52, 61, 65; 27:3, 5f, 11f, 15ff, 21ff; 28:1, 3, 6ff, 11, 13, 15f, 19, 24, 26f; 29:2, 6, 8, 12f, 36, 39f; 30:1ff, 5, 8, 12, 16; 31:1, 3, 7, 16, 21, 25, 28ff, 37ff, 47, 50, 52, 54; 32:4, 7, 9f, 12ff, 20ff, 25, 27, 29, 31f; 33:2, 4, 38, 50; 34:1, 13, 16, 29; 35:1, 9, 34; 36:2, 5f, 10, 13;

Deuteronomy
 1:3, 6, 8, 10f, 19ff, 25ff, 30ff, 34, 36f, 41ff, 45; 2:1f, 7, 9, 12, 14f, 17, 21, 29ff, 33, 36f; 3:2f, 18, 20ff, 26; 4:1ff, 7, 10, 12, 14f, 19ff, 23ff, 27, 29ff, 34f, 39f; 5:2ff, 9, 11f, 14ff, 22, 24f, 27f, 32f; 6:1ff, 10, 12f, 15ff, 24f; 7:1f, 4, 6ff, 12, 15f, 18ff, 25; 8:1ff, 5ff, 10f, 14, 18ff; 9:3ff, 16, 18ff, 22ff, 28; 10:1, 4f, 8ff, 17, 20, 22; 11:1f, 4, 7, 9, 12f, 17, 21ff, 25, 27ff, 31; 12:1, 4f, 7, 9ff, 14f, 18, 20f, 25ff, 31; 13:3ff, 10, 12, 16ff; 14:1f, 21, 23ff, 29; 15:2, 4ff, 9f, 14f, 18ff; 16:1f, 5ff, 10f, 15ff, 20ff; 17:1f, 8, 10, 12, 14ff, 19; 18:1f, 5ff, 9, 12ff, 21f; 19:1ff, 8ff, 14, 17; 20:1, 4, 13f, 16ff; 21:1, 5, 8ff, 23; 22:5; 23:1ff, 5, 8, 14, 18, 20f, 23; 24:4, 9, 13, 15, 18f; 25:15f, 19; 26:1ff, 7f, 10f, 13f, 16ff; 27:2f, 5ff, 9f, 15; 28:1f, 7ff, 15, 20ff, 24f, 27f, 35ff, 45, 47ff, 52f, 58f, 61ff, 68; 29:1f, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20ff, 27ff; 30:1ff, 16, 20; 31:2ff, 11ff, 25ff, 29; 32:3, 6, 9, 12, 19, 27, 30, 36, 48; 33:2, 7, 11ff, 21, 23, 29; 34:1, 4f, 9ff;

Joshua
 1:1, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17; 2:9ff, 14, 24; 3:3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17; 4:1, 5, 7f, 10f, 13ff, 18, 23f; 5:1f, 6, 9, 14f; 6:2, 6ff, 11ff, 16f, 19, 24, 26f; 7:1, 6ff, 10, 13ff, 19f, 23, 25f; 8:1, 7f, 18, 27, 30f, 33; 9:9, 14, 18f, 24, 27; 10:8, 10ff, 14, 19, 25, 30, 32, 40, 42; 11:6, 8f, 12, 15, 20, 23; 12:6; 13:1, 3, 8, 14, 33; 14:2, 5ff, 12, 14; 15:13; 17:4, 14; 18:3, 6ff, 10; 19:50f; 20:1; 21:2f, 8, 43ff; 22:2ff, 9, 16ff, 22ff, 27ff, 31, 34; 23:1, 3, 5, 8ff, 13ff; 24:2, 7, 14ff, 26f, 29, 31;

Judges
 1:1f, 4, 19, 22; 2:1, 4f, 7f, 10ff, 20, 22f; 3:1, 3f, 7ff, 12, 15, 25, 28; 4:1ff, 6, 9, 14f, 18; 5:2ff, 9, 11, 13, 23, 25, 31; 6:1, 6ff, 10ff, 21ff, 34; 7:2, 4f, 7, 9, 15, 18, 20, 22; 8:7, 19, 23, 34; 10:6f, 10f, 15f; 11:9ff, 21, 23f, 27, 29ff, 35f; 12:3; 13:1, 3, 8, 13, 15ff, 23ff; 14:4, 6, 19; 15:14, 18; 16:5, 8, 18, 20, 23, 27f, 30; 17:2f, 13; 18:6; 19:18, 26f; 20:1, 18, 23, 26ff, 35; 21:3, 5, 7f, 15, 19;

Ruth
 1:6, 8f, 13, 17, 21; 2:4, 12f, 20; 3:10, 13; 4:11ff;

1 Samuel
 1:3, 5ff, 9ff, 15, 19ff, 26ff; 2:1ff, 6ff, 10ff, 17f, 20f, 24ff, 30; 3:1, 3f, 6ff, 15, 17ff; 4:3ff; 5:3f, 6, 8f, 11; 6:1f, 4, 8, 11f, 14ff; 7:1ff, 12f, 17; 8:6f, 10, 18, 21f; 9:15, 17; 10:1, 6, 17ff, 22, 24f; 11:7, 13, 15; 12:3, 5ff, 22ff; 13:12ff; 14:3, 6, 10, 12, 23, 33ff, 39, 41, 45; 15:1f, 10f, 13, 15ff, 28, 30f, 33, 35; 16:1f, 4ff, 12ff, 16, 18; 17:37, 45ff; 18:12, 14, 17, 28; 19:5f, 9; 20:3, 8, 12ff, 21ff, 42; 21:6f; 22:10, 12, 17, 21; 23:2, 4, 10ff, 18, 21; 24:4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18f, 21; 25:24ff, 34, 38f, 41; 26:9ff, 15ff, 23f; 28:6, 10, 16ff; 29:2, 6ff; 30:6, 8, 23, 26;

2 Samuel
 1:10, 12, 14, 16; 2:1, 5f; 3:9, 18, 21, 28, 39; 4:8f; 5:2f, 10, 12, 19f, 23ff; 6:2, 5, 7ff, 21; 7:1, 3ff, 8, 11, 18ff, 22, 24ff; 8:6, 11, 14; 9:11; 10:3, 12; 11:9, 11, 13, 27; 12:1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13ff, 20, 24f; 13:32f; 14:9, 11f, 15, 17ff, 22; 15:7f, 15, 21, 25, 31; 16:4, 8ff, 18; 17:14; 18:19, 28, 31f; 19:7, 19ff, 26ff, 30, 35, 37; 20:6, 19; 21:1, 3, 6f, 9; 22:1f, 4, 7, 14, 16, 19, 21f, 25, 29, 31f, 42, 47, 50; 23:2, 10, 12, 16f; 24:1, 3, 10ff, 14ff, 21ff;

1 Kings
 1:2, 11, 13, 17f, 20f, 24, 27, 29ff, 33, 36f, 43, 47f; 2:3f, 8, 15, 23f, 26ff, 32f, 38, 42ff; 3:1ff, 5, 7, 10, 15, 17, 26; 5:3ff, 7, 12; 6:1f, 11, 19, 37; 7:12, 40, 45, 48, 51; 8:1, 4, 6, 9ff, 15, 17f, 20ff, 25, 28, 44, 53f, 56f, 59ff; 9:1ff, 8ff, 15, 25; 10:1, 5, 9, 12; 11:2, 4, 6, 9ff, 14, 23, 31; 12:15, 24, 27; 13:1ff, 5f, 9, 17f, 20ff, 26, 32; 14:5, 7, 11, 13ff, 18, 21f, 24, 26, 28; 15:3ff, 11, 14f, 18, 26, 29f, 34; 16:1, 7, 12f, 19, 25f, 30, 33f; 17:1f, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16, 20ff, 24; 18:1, 3f, 7f, 10ff, 18, 21f, 24, 30ff, 36ff, 46; 19:4, 7, 9ff, 14f; 20:4, 9, 13f, 28, 35f, 42; 21:3, 17, 19f, 23, 25f, 28; 22:5ff, 11f, 14ff, 19ff, 28, 38, 43, 52f;

 2 Kings
3f, 6, 15ff; 2:1ff, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24; 3:2, 10ff; 4:1, 16, 27f, 30, 33, 43f; 5:1, 3f, 11, 16ff, 20; 6:12, 17f, 20, 26f, 33; 7:1f, 6, 16f, 19; 8:1, 5, 8, 10, 12f, 18f, 27; 9:3, 6f, 11f, 25f, 36; 10:10, 16f, 23, 30ff; 11:3f, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17ff; 12:2, 4, 9ff, 16, 18; 13:2ff, 11, 17, 23; 14:3, 6, 14, 24ff; 15:3, 5, 9, 12, 18, 24, 28, 34f, 37; 16:2f, 8, 14, 18; 17:2, 7ff, 11ff, 23, 25, 28, 32ff, 39, 41; 18:3, 5ff, 12, 15f, 22f, 25, 30, 32, 35; 19:1, 4, 6, 14ff, 19ff, 23, 31ff, 35; 20:1ff, 8f, 11, 16f, 19; 21:2, 4ff, 9f, 12, 16, 20, 22; 22:2ff, 8f, 13, 15f, 18f; 23:2ff, 6f, 9, 11f, 16, 19, 21, 23ff, 32, 37; 24:2ff, 9, 13, 19f; 25:9, 13, 16;

1 Chronicles
 2:3; 6:15, 31f; 9:19f, 23; 10:13f; 11:2f, 9f, 14, 18; 12:19, 23; 13:2, 6, 10f, 14; 14:2, 10, 17; 15:2f, 12ff, 25f, 28f; 16:2, 4, 7f, 10f, 14, 23, 25f, 28f, 31, 33f, 36f, 39ff; 17:1, 4, 7, 10, 16f, 19f, 22ff, 26f; 18:6, 11, 13; 19:13; 21:3, 9ff, 22ff, 26ff; 22:1, 5ff, 11ff, 16, 18f; 23:4f, 13, 24f, 28, 30ff; 24:19; 25:3, 6f; 26:12, 22, 27, 30; 27:23; 28:2, 4f, 8ff, 12f, 18ff; 29:1, 5, 8ff, 16, 18, 20ff, 25;

2 Chronicles
 1:1, 3, 5f, 9; 2:1, 4, 11f, 14f; 3:1; 4:16; 5:1f, 7, 10, 13f; 6:1, 4, 7f, 10ff, 14, 16f, 19, 41f; 7:1ff, 6f, 10ff, 21f; 8:1, 11f, 16; 9:4, 8, 11; 10:15; 11:2, 4, 14, 16; 12:1f, 5ff, 9, 11ff; 13:5f, 8ff, 14, 18, 20; 14:2, 4, 6f, 11ff; 15:2, 4, 8f, 11ff; 16:2, 7ff, 12; 17:3ff, 9f, 16; 18:4, 6f, 10f, 13, 15f, 18ff, 27, 31; 19:2, 4, 6ff; 20:3ff, 13ff, 17ff, 26ff, 32, 37; 21:6f, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18; 22:4, 7, 9; 23:3, 5f, 12, 14, 16, 18ff; 24:2, 4, 6ff, 12, 14, 18ff, 24; 25:2, 4, 7, 9, 15, 27; 26:4f, 16ff; 27:2f, 6; 28:1, 3, 5f, 9ff, 13, 19, 21f, 24f; 29:2f, 5f, 8, 10f, 15ff, 25, 27, 30ff, 35; 30:1, 5ff, 12, 15, 17ff; 31:2ff, 6, 8, 10f, 14, 16, 20; 32:8, 11, 16f, 21ff, 26; 33:2, 4ff, 9ff, 15ff, 22f; 34:2, 8, 10, 14f, 17, 21, 23f, 26f, 30f, 33; 35:1ff, 6, 12, 16, 26; 36:5, 7, 9f, 12ff, 18, 21ff;

Ezra
 1:1ff, 5, 7; 2:68; 3:3, 5f, 8, 10f; 4:1, 3; 6:21f; 7:6, 10f, 27f; 8:25, 28f, 35; 9:5, 8, 15; 10:3, 11;

Nehemiah
 1:5, 11; 3:5; 4:14; 5:13; 8:1, 6, 9f, 14; 9:3ff; 10:29, 34f; Job 1:6ff, 12, 21; 2:1ff, 6f; 12:9; 28:28; 38:1; 40:1, 3, 6; 42:1, 7, 9ff;

Psalms
 1:2, 6; 2:2, 4, 7, 11; 3:1, 3ff, 7f; 4:3, 5f, 8; 5:1, 3, 6, 8, 12; 6:1ff, 8f; 7:1, 3, 6, 8, 17; 8:1, 9; 9:1, 7, 9ff, 13, 16, 19f; 10:1, 3, 12, 16f; 11:1, 4f, 7; 12:1, 3ff; 13:1, 3, 6; 14:2, 4, 6f; 15:1, 4; 16:2, 5, 7f; 17:1, 13f; 18:1ff, 6, 13, 15, 18, 20f, 24, 28, 30f, 41, 46, 49; 19:7ff, 14; 20:1, 5ff, 9; 21:1, 7, 9, 13; 22:8, 19, 23, 26ff, 30; 23:1, 6; 24:1, 3, 5, 8, 10; 25:1, 4, 6ff, 10ff, 14f; 26:1f, 6, 8, 12; 27:1, 4, 6ff, 10f, 13f; 28:1, 5ff; 29:1ff, 7ff; 30:1ff, 7f, 10, 12; 31:1, 5f, 9, 14, 17, 21, 23f; 32:2, 5, 10f; 33:1f, 4ff, 8, 10ff, 18, 20, 22; 34:1ff, 6ff, 15ff, 22; 35:1, 5f, 9f, 17, 22ff, 27; 36:1, 5f; 37:3ff, 7, 9, 13, 17f, 20, 23f, 28, 33f, 39f; 38:1, 9, 15, 21f; 39:4, 7, 12; 40:1, 3ff, 9, 11, 13, 16f; 41:1ff, 10, 13; 42:8; 44:23; 45:11; 46:7f, 11; 47:2, 5; 48:1, 8; 50:1; 51:15; 54:4, 6; 55:9, 16, 22; 56:10; 57:9; 58:6; 59:3, 5, 8, 11; 62:12; 64:10; 66:18; 68:11, 16ff, 22, 26, 32; 69:6, 13, 16, 31, 33; 70:1, 5; 71:1, 5, 16; 72:18; 73:20, 28; 74:18; 75:8; 76:11; 77:2, 7, 11; 78:4, 21, 65; 79:5, 12; 80:4, 19; 81:10, 15; 83:16; 84:1ff, 8, 11f; 85:1, 7f, 12; 86:1, 3ff, 8f, 11f, 15, 17; 87:2, 6; 88:1, 9, 13f; 89:1, 5f, 8, 15, 18, 46, 49ff; 90:1, 13, 17; 91:2, 9; 92:1, 4f, 8f, 13, 15; 93:1, 3ff; 94:1, 3, 5, 7, 11f, 14, 17f, 22f; 95:1, 3, 6; 96:1f, 4f, 7ff, 13; 97:1, 5, 8ff, 12; 98:1f, 4ff, 9; 99:1f, 5f, 8f; 100:1ff, 5; 101:1, 8; 102:1, 12, 15f, 18f, 21f; 103:1f, 6, 8, 13, 17, 19ff; 104:1, 16, 24, 31, 33ff; 105:1, 3f, 7, 19, 21, 45; 106:1f, 4, 16, 25, 34, 40, 47f; 107:1f, 6, 8, 13, 15, 19, 21, 24, 28, 31, 43; 108:3; 109:14f, 20f, 26f, 30; 110:1f, 4f; 111:1f, 4, 10; 112:1, 7; 113:1ff, 9; 114:7; 115:1, 9ff; 116:1, 4ff, 9, 12ff; 117:1f; 118:1, 4ff, 23ff, 29; 119:1, 12, 31, 33, 41, 52, 55, 57, 64f, 75, 89, 107f, 126, 137, 145, 149, 151, 156, 159, 166, 169, 174; 120:1f; 121:2, 5, 7f; 122:1, 4, 9; 123:2f; 124:1f, 6, 8; 125:1f, 4f; 126:1ff; 127:1, 3; 128:1, 4f; 129:4, 8; 130:1ff, 5ff; 131:1, 3; 132:1f, 5, 8, 11, 13; 133:3; 134:1ff; 135:1ff, 13f, 19ff; 136:1, 3; 137:4, 7; 138:4ff, 8; 139:1, 4, 21; 140:1, 4, 6ff, 12; 141:1, 3, 8; 142:1, 5; 143:1, 7, 9, 11; 144:1, 3, 5, 15; 145:3, 8ff, 14, 17f, 20f; 146:1f, 5, 7ff; 147:1f, 5ff, 11f, 20; 148:1, 5, 7, 13f; 149:1, 4, 9; 150:1, 6;

Proverbs
 1:7, 29; 2:5f; 3:5, 7, 9, 11f, 19, 26, 32f; 5:21; 6:16; 8:13, 22, 35; 9:10; 10:3, 22, 27, 29; 11:1, 20; 12:2, 22; 14:2, 26f; 15:3, 8f, 11, 16, 25f, 29, 33; 16:1ff, 9, 11, 20, 33; 17:3, 15; 18:10, 22; 19:3, 14, 17, 21, 23; 20:10, 12, 22ff, 27; 21:1ff, 30f; 22:2, 4, 12, 14, 19, 23; 23:17; 24:18, 21; 25:22; 28:5, 25; 29:13, 25f; 30:9; 31:30;

Isaiah
 1:2, 4, 9ff, 18, 20, 24, 28; 2:2f, 5, 10ff, 17, 19, 21; 3:1, 8, 13ff; 4:2, 4f; 5:7, 9, 12, 16, 24f; 6:1, 3, 5, 8, 11f; 7:3, 7, 10ff, 14, 17f, 20; 8:1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17f; 9:7f, 11, 13f, 17, 19; 10:12, 16, 20, 23f, 26, 33; 11:2f, 9, 11, 15; 12:1f, 4f; 13:4ff, 9, 13; 14:1ff, 5, 22ff, 27, 32; 16:8, 13f; 17:3, 6; 18:4, 7; 19:1, 4, 12, 14, 16ff, 25; 20:2f; 21:6, 8, 10, 16f; 22:5, 12, 14f, 17f, 25; 23:9, 11, 17f; 24:1, 3, 14f, 21, 23; 25:1, 6, 8ff; 26:4, 8, 10ff, 15ff, 21; 27:1, 3, 12f; 28:2, 5, 13f, 16, 21f, 29; 29:6, 10, 13, 15, 19, 22; 30:1, 9, 15, 18, 20, 26f, 29ff; 31:1, 3ff, 9; 32:6; 33:2, 5f, 10, 21f; 34:2, 6, 8, 16; 35:2, 10; 36:7, 10, 15, 18, 20; 37:1, 4, 6, 14ff, 20ff, 24, 32ff, 36; 38:1ff, 7, 11, 14, 16, 20, 22; 39:5f, 8; 40:2f, 5, 7, 10, 13, 27f, 31; 41:4, 13f, 16f, 20f; 42:5f, 8, 10, 12f, 19, 21, 24; 43:1, 3, 10ff, 14ff; 44:2, 5f, 23f; 45:1, 3, 5ff, 11, 13f, 17ff, 21, 24f; 47:4; 48:1f, 14, 16f, 20, 22; 49:1, 4f, 7f, 13f, 18, 22f, 25f; 50:1, 4f, 7, 9f; 51:1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22; 52:3ff, 8ff; 53:1, 6, 10; 54:1, 5f, 8, 10, 13, 17; 55:5ff, 13; 56:1, 3f, 6, 8; 57:19; 58:5, 8f, 11, 13f; 59:1, 13, 15, 19ff; 60:1f, 6, 9, 14, 16, 19f, 22; 61:1ff, 6, 8ff; 62:2ff, 6, 8f, 11f; 63:7, 14, 16f; 64:8f, 12; 65:7f, 11, 13, 15, 23, 25; 66:1f, 5f, 9, 12, 14ff, 20ff;

Jeremiah
 1:2, 4, 6ff, 11ff, 19; 2:1ff, 8f, 12, 17, 19, 22, 29, 31, 37; 3:1, 6, 10ff, 16f, 20ff, 25; 4:1ff, 8ff, 17, 26f; 5:2ff, 9ff, 14f, 18f, 22, 24, 29; 6:6, 9ff, 15f, 21f, 30; 7:1ff, 11, 13, 19ff, 28ff, 32; 8:1, 3f, 7ff, 12ff, 17, 19; 9:3, 6f, 9, 12f, 15, 17, 20, 22ff; 10:1f, 6, 10, 16, 18, 21, 23f; 11:1, 3, 5f, 9, 11, 16ff, 20ff; 12:1, 3, 12ff, 16f; 13:1ff, 5f, 8f, 11ff, 25; 14:1, 7, 9ff, 13ff, 20, 22; 15:1ff, 6, 9, 11, 15f, 19f; 16:1, 3, 5, 9ff, 14ff, 19, 21; 17:5, 7, 10, 13ff, 19ff, 24, 26; 18:1, 5f, 11, 13, 19, 23; 19:1, 3, 6, 11f, 14f; 20:1ff, 7f, 11ff, 16; 21:1f, 4, 7f, 10ff; 22:1ff, 5f, 8f, 11, 16, 18, 24, 29f; 23:1f, 4ff, 11f, 15ff, 23f, 28ff; 24:1, 3ff, 7f; 25:3ff, 7ff, 12, 15, 17, 27ff, 36f; 26:1f, 4, 7ff, 12f, 15f, 18ff; 27:1f, 4, 8, 11, 13, 15f, 18f, 21f; 28:1ff, 9, 11ff; 29:4, 7ff, 14ff, 19ff, 25f, 30ff; 30:1ff, 8ff, 17f, 21, 23f; 31:1ff, 6f, 10ff, 14ff, 20, 22f, 27f, 31ff, 40; 32:1, 3, 5f, 8, 14ff, 25ff, 30, 36, 42, 44; 33:1f, 4, 10ff, 16f, 19f, 23ff; 34:1f, 4f, 8, 12f, 17, 22; 35:1f, 4, 12f, 17ff; 36:1, 4ff, 26f, 29f; 37:2f, 6f, 9, 17, 20; 38:2f, 9, 14, 16f, 20f; 39:15ff; 40:1ff; 41:5; 42:2ff, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18ff; 43:1f, 4, 7f, 10; 44:2, 7, 11, 16, 21ff, 29f; 45:2ff; 46:1, 5, 10, 13, 15, 18, 23, 25f, 28; 47:1f, 4, 6f; 48:1, 8, 10, 12, 15, 25f, 30, 35, 38, 40, 42ff, 47; 49:1f, 5ff, 12ff, 16, 18, 20, 26, 28, 30ff, 34f, 37ff; 50:1, 4f, 7, 10, 13ff, 18, 20f, 24f, 28ff, 33ff, 40, 45; 51:1, 5ff, 10ff, 14, 19, 24ff, 29, 33, 36, 39, 45, 48, 50ff, 55ff, 62; 52:2f, 13, 17, 20;

Lamentations
1:5, 9, 11f, 14f, 17f, 20; 2:1f, 5ff, 17ff, 22; 3:18, 22, 24ff, 31, 36f, 40, 50, 55, 58f, 61, 64, 66; 4:11, 16, 20; 5:1, 19, 21;

Ezekiel
 1:3, 28; 2:4; 3:11f, 14, 16, 22f, 27; 4:13f; 5:5, 7f, 11, 13, 15, 17; 6:1, 3, 7, 10f, 13f; 7:1f, 4f, 9, 19, 27; 8:1, 12, 14, 16; 9:4, 8f; 10:4, 18f; 11:1, 5, 7f, 10, 12ff, 21, 23, 25; 12:1, 8, 10, 15ff, 19ff, 23, 25f, 28; 13:1ff, 5ff, 13f, 16, 18, 20f, 23; 14:2, 4, 6ff, 11f, 14, 16, 18, 20f, 23; 15:1, 6ff; 16:1, 3, 8, 14, 19, 23, 30, 35f, 43, 48, 58f, 62f; 17:1, 3, 9, 11, 16, 19, 21f, 24; 18:1, 3, 9, 23, 25, 29f, 32; 20:1ff, 5, 7, 12, 19f, 26f, 30f, 33, 36, 38ff, 42, 44f, 47ff; 21:1, 3, 5, 7ff, 13, 17f, 24, 26, 28, 32; 22:1, 3, 12, 14, 16f, 19, 22f, 28, 31; 23:1, 22f, 28, 32, 34ff, 46, 49; 24:1, 3, 6, 9, 14f, 20f, 24, 27; 25:1, 3, 5ff, 11ff; 26:1, 3, 5ff, 14f, 19, 21; 27:1, 3; 28:1f, 6, 10ff, 20, 22ff; 29:1, 3, 6, 8f, 13, 16f, 19ff; 30:1ff, 6, 8, 10, 12f, 19f, 22, 25f; 31:1, 10, 15, 18; 32:1, 3, 8, 11, 14ff, 31f; 33:1, 11, 17, 20, 22f, 25, 27, 29f; 34:1f, 7ff, 15, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30f; 35:1, 3f, 6, 9ff, 14f; 36:1ff, 11, 13ff, 20, 22f, 32f, 36ff; 37:1, 3ff, 9, 12ff, 19, 21, 28; 38:1, 3, 10, 14, 17f, 21, 23; 39:1, 5ff, 10, 13, 17, 20, 22, 25, 28f; 40:1, 46; 41:22; 42:13; 43:4f, 18f, 24, 27; 44:2ff, 9, 12, 15, 27; 45:1, 4, 9, 15, 18, 23; 46:1, 3f, 9, 12ff, 16; 47:13, 23; 48:9f, 14, 29, 35;

Daniel
 1:2, 10; 2:10, 47; 4:19, 24, 36; 5:1, 9f, 23; 6:17; 9:2ff, 7ff, 13ff, 19f; 10:16f, 19; 12:8;

Hosea
 1:1f, 4, 7; 2:13, 16, 20f; 3:1, 5; 4:1, 10, 15f; 5:4, 6f; 6:1, 3; 7:10; 8:1, 13; 9:3ff, 14; 10:3, 12; 11:10f; 12:2, 5, 9, 13f; 13:4, 15; 14:1f, 9;

Joel
 1:1, 9, 14f, 19; 2:1, 11ff, 17ff, 21, 23, 26f, 31f; 3:8, 11, 14, 16ff, 21;

Amos
 1:2f, 5f, 8f, 11, 13, 15; 2:1, 3f, 6, 11, 16; 3:1, 6ff, 10ff, 15; 4:2f, 5f, 8ff, 13; 5:3f, 6, 8, 14ff, 20, 27; 6:8, 10f, 14; 7:1ff, 15ff; 8:1ff, 7, 9, 11f; 9:1, 5ff, 12f, 15;

Obadiah
 1:1, 4, 8, 15, 18, 21;

Jonah
 1:1, 3f, 9f, 14, 16f; 2:1f, 6f, 9f; 3:1, 3; 4:2ff, 6, 10;

Micah
 1:1ff, 12; 2:3, 5, 7, 13; 3:4f, 8, 11; 4:1f, 4ff, 10, 12f; 5:4, 7, 10; 6:1f, 5ff; 7:7ff, 17;

Nahum
 1:2f, 7, 9, 11f, 14; 2:2, 13; 3:5;

Habakkuk
 1:2, 12; 2:2, 13f, 16, 20; 3:2, 8, 18f;

Zephaniah
1:1ff, 5ff, 10, 12, 14, 17f; 2:2f, 5, 7, 9ff; 3:2, 5, 8f, 12, 15, 17, 20;

Haggai
 1:1ff, 5, 7ff, 12ff; 2:1, 4, 6ff, 14f, 17f, 20, 23;

Zechariah
 1:1ff, 6f, 9ff, 16f, 20; 2:5f, 8ff; 3:1f, 5ff, 9f; 4:4ff, 8ff, 13f; 5:4; 6:4f, 9, 12ff; 7:1ff, 7ff, 12f; 8:1ff, 6f, 9, 11, 14, 17ff; 9:1, 4, 14ff; 10:1, 3, 5ff, 12; 11:4ff, 11, 13, 15; 12:1, 4f, 7f; 13:2f, 7ff; 14:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12f, 16ff, 20f;

Malachi
1:1f, 4ff; 2:2, 4, 7f, 11ff, 16f; 3:1, 3ff, 10ff, 16f; 4:1, 3, 5;

An Obvious Double Standard
In light of this clear evidence, I have a question for you to consider. If the 70 translators of the Septuagint believed they had license to replace Yahweh’s name, arguably the single most important word in the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures, with an impersonal Greek title more than 6,500 times, what other changes would they have felt justified in making? Would lengthening the chronology of the Old Testament by 1300 years in order to make it align more closely with the Ptolemaic Egyptian chronology of their day also fit under this purview?

I admit that I’m baffled by the logic of Mr. Woodward and those who hold the Rabbinic manipulation conspiracy theory. Are we really to believe that the Hebrew MT of the Bible cannot be trusted because (based upon only circumstantial evidence) the Jewish Rabbis are accused of changing certain passages of the original Hebrew text of the Bible to obfuscate the messianic identity of Yeshua (Jesus). Yet astoundingly, the very act (modifying the original Hebrew text of the OT) for which the Jewish Rabbis are libelously accused, we know in fact was committed by the translators of the Septuagint.

 I mean come on. Sure it is important to talk about the differences in chronology and words between the LXX and MT versions of the OT, but why the need to throw the Jewish Rabbis of the 2^nd century AD under the bus with inflammatory rhetoric based only upon circumstantial evidence? What real purpose does it serve other than to inflame passions and provide fertile ground for the seeds of anti-Semitism to be reborn?

I want to repeat something here. I believe both the Septuagint (LXX) and Masoretic (MT) texts of the Old Testament provide more than enough evidence to prove that Yeshua (Jesus) was the Jewish Messiah promised in the Scriptures.  Sure the chronology of the Old Testament is roughly 1300 years longer in the LXX than the MT text. But as I’ll demonstrate in Part II of this series, far from the MT undermining the case for Yeshua as the promised Messiah (as is argued by the Rabbinic conspiracy theorists), the MT chronology of the Old Testament provides compelling proof of the opposite. In fact, it can be demonstrated that the MT  of the Scriptures shows that Yeshua came at the beginning of what the Jewish people considered the Messianic age. Further it can be shown that the major milestones in Yahweh’s redemptive plan for mankind, and Yeshua’s pivotal part in that plan, can only be seen in its intended magnificence within the chronological framework of the Old Testament as given in the MT text of the Old Testament.

Yahweh willing I’ll do my best to demonstrate this in Part II of this series.

Maranatha!

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