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Languages in the Old Testament
Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, that is, the language of the Israelites.
There are a few places in the Old Testament where a different language was used. This language is called Aramaic. The Aramaic language was used in Genesis 31:47; Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:4-7:28; Ezra 4:8-6:18, 7:12-26. The Jews started speaking Aramaic during the time of the Babylonian exile. Aramaic was similar to the Hebrew language.
See: Old Testament (Law and Prophets); Israel; Exile
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About 300 years before Jesus was born, the Old Testament was translated into Greek. This translation is sometimes called “the Greek Old Testament” or the “Septuagint.”