Two Voices · No. 03 of 30 · all the sheets
The sons of God
Deuteronomy 32:8, before and after the editors.
Elyon divides the nations among the sons of God. The LORD receives one portion: Jacob.
The verses on the sheet, as text
Deuteronomy 32:8–9 · KJV
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance… he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
The King James follows the later Hebrew text, which reads “children of Israel.”
Dead Sea Scrolls · 4QDeut-j
…according to the number of the sons of God
The Hebrew · bene elohim
בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים
Septuagint · the Greek Old Testament, most manuscripts
…according to the number of the angels of God
The Greek · Deuteronomy 32:8
κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων θεοῦ
The ESV now prints “the sons of God.”
KJV; Dead Sea Scroll 4QDeut-j; the Septuagint. Free to share; please leave the sheet as it is, with its credit.
If the two halves of your Bible don’t agree
You are not the first to notice. The second-century churches that read the Bible as two voices were burned out of history, and their case can be read again. Start with the free gospel they carried, or the book that sets the two gods side by side, verse by verse.
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