Hebrews 1:6
“And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.”
King James Version
'When he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him' — citing Deuteronomy 32:43 (LXX/DSS) and Psalm 97:7: worship owed to YHWH alone is commanded toward the Firstborn.
Fulfillment References
Deuteronomy 32:43 Psalm 97:7 Luke 2:13-14 Revelation 5:11-12
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalAngels worship God alone (Rev. 22:8-9) — yet they are commanded to worship the Firstborn, because the child brought into the world is Himself the LORD.
JewishDeuteronomy 32:43 summons the heavens to praise God for avenging His people; the worship is directed to YHWH, not to a messiah.
CatholicThe angelic worship at Bethlehem (Lk. 2:13) manifests the divinity of the incarnate Word.
ProtestantA deliberate transfer of YHWH-texts to Jesus — the strongest form of Christological claim available to a Jewish author.
DispensationalThe 'bringing in of the firstbegotten' spans both advents; the full angelic acclamation attends His return in glory.
AcademicThe quoted line is absent from the MT of Deut. 32:43 but present in the LXX and in 4QDeut-q from Qumran — a text-critical case where the DSS support the NT's source text.
Scholarship & Sources
4QDeut-q's support for the longer reading of Deut. 32:43 is a standard illustration in textual criticism (see Emanuel Tov, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible; Bruce, Hebrews, NICNT).
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