Deuteronomy 32:43 [Rejoice, you heavens, with him, and let all the angels of Elohim worship him; (cf. Hebrews 1:6) rejoice you Nations, with his people, (cf. Romans 15:10) and let all the sons of Elohim strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and YHWH will cleanse out the land for his people.](DSS)(LXX)
Though different from the traditional Masoretic text, the bracketed text of Deuteronomy 32:43 is translated from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint to restore the original reading of this very important verse. It’s important to note that the Masoretic text of our Bibles (Genesis through Malachi) was finalized around 1,000 A.D., about 1,200 years after the Septuagint (also called LXX) and the Septuagint translation of the Torah from the original Hebrew to Greek was translated near the middle of the 3rd century B.C. This original Hebrew would also be the version of Deuteronomy found among the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran caves in the mid 20th century.
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