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The Septuagint 8.20 · 8.20

Noah builds an altar

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Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν Νῶε θυσιαστήριον τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν πετεινῶν τῶν καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον.

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The first altar built after the Flood, and the first sacrifice named in the whole Bible. ἀνήνεγκεν, “brought/offered up,” is the same verb the New Testament reuses of Christ's own sacrifice (Heb 7:27, 9:28, 1 Pet 2:24). ὁλοκάρπωσις, “a whole burnt offering,” is consumed entirely on the altar — nothing kept back.

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