Q429 MT Num 12:8 h)rmw SV(1) – Interchange of preposi-
4QNumb I 1-4 14 h)rmb tions.^1046
Q430 MT Num 13:17 Mt) OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 6 hmtw) pronunciation.
Q431 MT Num 13:18 hprh SV(1) – 4QNumb lacks the defi-
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 8 hpr nite article.
Q432 MT Num 13:18 hprh )wh SV(3) – 4QNumb has a different
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 8 h)[ ]h hpr word order to the MT.
Q433 MT Num 13:19 )wh OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 8 h)wh pronunciation.
Q434 MT Num 13:19 )wh OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 8 h)wh pronunciation.
Q435 MT Num 13:19 M) SV(1) – The MT lacks the con-
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 10 M)w junction.
Q436 MT Num 13:20 omits SV(2) – 4QNumb has an explicat-
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 10 h)yh ing plus.^1047
Q437 MT Num 13:20 Mtqzxthw OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 11 hmtqzxthw pronunciation.
Q438 MT Num 13:20 Mtxqlw OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QNumb II 3 ii, 5 11 hmtxqlw pronunciation.
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The MT reads: tdyxb )lw h)rmw, “and clearly, and not in riddles,” against the restored reading in
4QNumb: tdyxb )wlw h)rmb, “with clarity, and not in riddles.” This amounts to a minor change in expres-
sion via an interchange of prepositions, perhaps according to the preferred syntax of the scribe, or perhaps
in harmonisation with the form in Num 12:6. The SP probably supports the reading in 4QNumb (see E. Ul-
rich and F.M. Cross, 1047 Qumran Cave 4. VII, 217).
The independent pronoun in 4QNumb specifies the subject of the phrase h)yh hzr M)w, “and if it (is)
impoverished.”