The rabbis rejected the legend of the 72 translators, stating: “It happened once that five elders wrote the Torah for King Ptolemy in Greek, and that day was as ominous for Israel as the day on which the golden calf was made, since the Torah could not be accurately translated. ”
Rabīni noraidīja leģendu par 72 tulkotājiem un paziņoja: ” Reiz notika, ka pieci vecaji uzrakstīja Valdniekam Ptolemajam Toru grieķu valodā, un šī diena Izraēlam bija tikpat liktenīga kā diena, kad tika izveidots zelta teļš, jo Toru nevar precīzi iztulkot. ”