4QpaleoExodm
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tk)lm 4QpaleoExodm is uncertain.^980Q338 MT Exod 31:13-14 )wh #dq ... Mkynybw ynyb SV(2) – 4QpaleoExodm lacks the
4QpaleoExodm additional text in the MT.^981
XXXVII 7
omitsQ339 MT Exod 32:7 omits SV(2) – 4QpaleoExodm has an
4QpaleoExodm expansive plus.^982
XXXVII 27
rwm[Q340 MT Exod 32:7 Kl SV(2) – The MT has an expansive
4QpaleoExodm plus.^983
XXXVII 27
omitsQ341 MT Exod 32:10 omits SV(2) – The MT lacks the addi-
4QpaleoExodm tional text in 4QpaleoExodm.^984
XXXVIII 1
]) ... wdym#hld)m hw[980
The final letter of the word in 4QpaleoExodm is quite damaged. The reading with t is tentative, while
“heh could be possible but much less likely” (P.W. Skehan, E. Ulrich, and J.E. Sanderson, Qumran Cave 4.
IV 981 , 121).
The versions agree with the MT. The omission in 4QpaleoExodm may have been through error, but may
equally present an original reading. See the comments in P.W. Skehan, E. Ulrich, and J.E. Sanderson,
Qumran Cave 4. IV 982 , 123.
4QpaleoExodm has an additional infinitive construct rwm)l, restored on the basis of the SP, introducing
Yahweh’s instruction to Moses to descend from Sinai. The additional infinitive agrees with the LXX and
the SP, but the 983 Tgs. agree with the MT.
The instruction dr Kl, “go, descend,” is given simply as dr, “descend,” in 4QpaleoExodm. The other
witnesses agree with the MT. 984
4QpaleoExodm agrees with the SP in adding the expression of Yahweh’s anger towards Aaron over the
incident involving the golden calf. The addition can be restored on the basis of the same reading in theSP :
Nrh) d(b h#m llptyw wdym#hl d)m hwhy Pn)th Nrh)bw, “And against Aaron Yahweh was very enraged, so
as to destroy him, but Moses prayed on Aaron’s behalf.” The addition is a likely harmonisation with Deut
9:20. For a discussion of the exegetical significance of the harmonisation see J.E. Sanderson, An Exodus
Scroll from Qumran, 208-9.