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In Hebrews 1:6, the writer quotes Deuteronomy 32:43 (“Let all the angels of God worship him”), which Bercot says is absent from the Masoretic text but present in the Septuagint; what does it mean for your view of Scripture and worship that a command for angels to worship the Son appears in the Bible used by the apostles but not in the Old Testament most Christians read?

Another way to ask: How does it affect your view of Scripture and worship that Hebrews includes a line about angels worshiping the Son that is in the Septuagint but not in the Old Testament most Christians read?

Direct Answer Based on the transcript, it means our confidence in how the apostles argued for Christ’s glory should be tied to the Septuagintal form they used, because that form explicitly supports worship of the Son in a way the Masoretic-based English Old Testament does not.

Support from Transcript:

Hebrews 1:6 quotes: “let all the angels of God worship him,” and Bercot says the margin points to Deut. 32:43.
In the Masoretic/KJV Deut. 32:43, the line about angels worshiping “isn’t even there… not in the next verse or any verse around it.”
In the Septuagint, Deut. 32:43 includes: “let all the angels of God worship him.”
He says the writer “assumes his readers had the same Old Testament he did,” implying the passage was available to them.
He uses this as evidence the Hebrews writer “was obviously quoting from the Septuagint.”

Discussion Follow-ups If the apostolic Bible makes Christ’s worship more explicit, should that influence how we choose texts for teaching and liturgy?

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