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The Septuagint 6.21 · 6.21

Gather food for yourself and for them

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σὺ δὲ λήμψῃ σεαυτῷ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν βρωμάτων ἃ ἔδεσθε, καὶ συνάξεις πρὸς σεαυτόν, καὶ ἔσται σοὶ καὶ ἐκείνοις φαγεῖν.

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σὺYouδὲandλήμψῃlémpsēishall takeσεαυτῷseautôifor yourselfἀπὸapòofπάντωνpántōneveryτῶνtôntheβρωμάτωνbrōmátōnfoodwhichἔδεσθεédestheyou eat,καὶkaìandσυνάξειςsynáxeisyou shall gatherπρὸςpròstoσεαυτόνseautónyourself,καὶkaìandἔσταιéstaiit shall beσοὶsoífor youκαὶkaìandἐκείνοιςekeínoisfor themφαγεῖνphageínto eat.

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Λήμψης carries Swete’s Koine spelling with μ (the same form found throughout the NT papyri), against the classical λήψη without it — a small orthographic marker of the LXX’s living, everyday Greek rather than an Atticizing literary standard.

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