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The Septuagint 6.16 · 6.16

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ἐπισυνάγων ποιήσεις τὴν κιβωτόν, καὶ εἰς πῆχυν συντελέσεις αὐτὴν ἄνωθεν· τὴν δὲ θύραν τῆς κιβωτοῦ ποιήσεις ἐκ πλαγίων· κατάγαια διώροφα καὶ τριώροφα ποιήσεις αὐτήν.

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ἐπισυνάγωνepisynágōnMaking it draw togetherποιήσειςpoîisóseisyou shall makeτὴνtèntheκιβωτόνkibōtónark,καὶkaìandεἰςeistoπῆχυνpêkhyna cubitσυντελέσειςsynteléseisyou shall finish itαὐτὴνautènitἄνωθενánōthenat the top·τὴνtèntheδὲandθύρανthýranthe doorτῆςtêstheκιβωτοῦkibōtoῦof the arkποιήσειςpoîisóseisyou shall makeἐκekonπλαγίωνplagíonthe side·κατάγαιαkatágaiaLower roomsδιώροφαdiórophatwo-storiedκαὶkaìandτριώροφαtriórophaand three-storiedποιήσειςpoîisóseisyou shall makeαὐτήνautènit.

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Three built-up unique LXX-only adjectives cluster here: κατάγαιος (“underground/lower”), διῶροφος (“two-storied”), and τριῶροφος (“three-storied”) — none appear anywhere in the New Testament, all get honest hand-authored notes. The picture: a vessel of three internal decks, tapering to a cubit-wide roofline at the top, entered by a door in its side.

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