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Popular lie: Hebrews 1:6's Old Testament allusion is a fabrication/cannot be found anywhere in the Old Testament.
The truth: The author is quoting from the LXX which includes “and let all of God's angels worship Him,” in Deuteronomy 32:43. The LXX predates the Hebrew Masoretic.
The truth: The author is quoting from the LXX which includes “and let all of God's angels worship Him,” in Deuteronomy 32:43. The LXX predates the Hebrew Masoretic.
Textual critic Emanuel Tov argues the short version of 32:43 in the late Masoretic text is due to early corruption in said manuscript tradition. The LXX, which predates the Masoretic, includes the line qouted in Hebrews 1:6 and thus the author is not inventing a qoute.
Why is this qoute significant?
The “Him” that the angels worship in Deuteronomy 32:43 LXX is the God of Israel, YHVH (see 32:39 for context– God is declaring Himself the only God).
The author of Hebrews is applying this verse about worshipping God to Jesus Christ in Hebrews 1:6.
The “Him” that the angels worship in Deuteronomy 32:43 LXX is the God of Israel, YHVH (see 32:39 for context– God is declaring Himself the only God).
The author of Hebrews is applying this verse about worshipping God to Jesus Christ in Hebrews 1:6.
Unitarians try to paint the author as having low Christology, but we can see clearly that the author believes Christ is the Creator and Sustainer of all creation (1:2-3), the one God whom angels praise (1:6), God the Son (1:8), and the Eternal Lord who made everything (1:10-12).
