There are also infrequent examples of differences between passive and active construc-
tions (e.g. Q892).
Stylistic Variants (Type 1)
A total of 393 variants between the sources and the MT are categorised as SV(1). Stylis-
tic variants of the most minor category present a rather broad range of differences. The
most important variants of this type are those that involve the interchange of single lex-
emes. There are 46 instances of such variations relative to the MT in the sources. The
highest concentration is found in 4QNumb, which has a total of six such interchanges
(Q489, Q465, Q501, Q505, Q517, Q519), and 4QpaleoExodm, which also has a total of
six interchanges (Q266, Q284, Q299, Q311, Q317, Q342). Both of these scrolls also dis-
play a particular affinity with what is called the pre-Samaritan or harmonistic textual tra-
dition.^1318 Another of the pre-Samaritan scrolls, 4QDeutn, has two such interchanges, nei-
ther of which agree with the wording of the SP (Q799, Q809).
There are 16 instances of interchanged prepositions. Again 4QpaleoExodm has the high-
est concentration of variations, totalling six (Q264, Q269, Q286, Q292, Q296, Q305).
4QExodb has the next highest number of interchanged prepositions, totalling three (Q154,
Q158, Q159).
Also considered among the minor stylistic variants are differences in the grammatical
person, gender or number of forms. The latter is the most frequently occurring difference,
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See the description in E. Tov, Textual Criticism, 97-98.