Septuagint translators down to the NRSV that hth means “to heap. upon the head.” More specifically it means, “to take/carry and [to heap] upon his head,” the preposition ʿal assuming the elided verb of motion “to put/heap.”138 The parallels in Egyptian instruction literature and in the ritual of repentance substantiate this traditional understanding. However, commentators accepting that meaning of the expression do not agree about its significance. Some think that heaping coals of fire upon a person’s