Q281 MT Exod 10:2 omits SV(2) – The MT lacks the addi-
4QpaleoExodm VI tional text in 4QpaleoExodm.^943
27-29
t[ ] ... lk[Q282 MT Exod 10:5 omits SV(2) – 4QpaleoExodm has an
4QpaleoExodm VII 2 lk t)w Cr)h b#( expansive plus.^944
Q283 MT Exod 10:21 rm)yw SV(1) – 4QpaleoExodm lacks the
4QpaleoExodm VII conjunction.
28
rbdyQ284 MT Exod 10:21 rm)yw SV(1) – Lexical interchange.
4QpaleoExodm VII
28
rbdyQ285 MT Exod 10:21 K#x #myw SV(2) – The MT has an expansive
4QpaleoExodm VII plus.^945
29
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The Wortbericht in 4QpaleoExodm can be restored on the basis of the SP:
xl# ynpm twn(l tn)m ytm d( Myrb(h yhl) hwhy rm) hk h(rp l) trm)w
Klwbgb hbr) rxm )ybm ynnh ym( t) xl#h ht) N)m M) yk yndb(yw ym( t)
twr)#nh h+lph rty t) lk)w Cr)h t) tw)rl lky )lw Cr)h Ny( t) hskw
hd#h Nm Mkl xmch C(h yrp lk t)w Cr)h b#( lk t) lk)w drbh Nm Mkl
twb)w Kytwb) w)r )l r#) Myrcm lk ytbw Kydb( lk ytbw Kytb w)lmw
hzh Mwyh d( hmd)h l( Mtwyh Mwym Kytwb)
And you will say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said Yahweh the god of the Hebrews: ‘For
how long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Send my people away
that they may serve me. If you refuse to send away my people, behold, tomor-
row I am bringing (the) locust into your territory, and it will cover the surface of
the earth so that none shall be able to see the earth, and it will eat everything
that remained preserved to you from the hail; and it will eat every plant of the
ground, and every fruit of the tree growing for you from the field. And your
houses and the houses of all your servants and the houses of every Egyptian will
be filled; which your fathers and your fathers’ fathers did not see from the day
944 they came into existence on the ground until now.^
4QpaleoExodm and the SP have additional listed items: C(h yrp lk t)w Cr)h b#( lk t), “every green
plant of the ground and every fruit of 945 the tree.” The LXX and the Tgs. agree with the MT.
The phrase K#x #myw, “and may the darkness be palpable” is present in all other witnesses.