Q571 MT Num 35:27 wt) SV(2) – The MT has an expansive
4QNumb XXXI 80- plus.^1125
84 27
omitsQ572 MT Num 36:1 omits SV(2) – 4QNumb has an expan-
4QNumb XXXI 80- sive plus.^1126
84 30
Nhwkh rz([Q573 MT Num 36:4 omits SV(2) – 4QNumb has an expan-
4QNumb XXXII 81 sive plus.^1127
ii 15-16
]k t)w Nwn[ ]h rz(l)Q574 MT Num 36:6 omits SV(2) – 4QNumb has an expan-
4QNumb XXXII 81 sive plus.^1128
ii 18
]yhQ575 MT Deut 24:2 wtybm h)cyw SV(2) – The MT has an expansive
4QDeuta 3 omits plus.^1129
Q576 MT Deut 24:5 lkl SV(1) – 4QDeuta lacks the prepo-
4QDeuta 8 ]k sition.
Q577 MT Deut 29:24 r#) SV(1) – 4QDeutb lacks the rela-
4QDeutb I 1 omits tive particle.
1125
1126 The object of the verb √)cm, to find,” is clarified in the MT in agreement with the SP.
4QNumb adds the priest Eleazar to the audience that hears the address of the tribe of Gilead and the
family of Joseph. The reading agrees with the LXX. 1127
4QNumb has additional names added to the list, though damaged, which seem to include Eleazar the
priest, Joshua ben Nun and Caleb ben Jephunneh. Cf. the additional name in Q572 above. On the exegetical
significance of this addition see E. Ulrich and F.M. Cross, 1128 Qumran Cave 4. VII, 263.
According to E. Ulrich and F.M. Cross, Qumran Cave 4. VII, 263, 4QNumb has the additional infinitive
absolute hyh, “being,” harmonising with the form in Num 30:7 which has the phrase My#nl hnyyht hyh, “if
they shall certainly be for wives.” 1129
The MT has the expanded phrase concerning the divorced wife: rx) #y)l htyhw hklhw wtybm h)cyw,
“and (if) she went out from his house and she went and she became (a wife) to another man,” in agreement
with the SP 4QDeuta omits the phrase wtybm h)cyw, having only the second verb in agreement with the LXX
and the Vulgate. The shorter text may represent the more original reading, but the evidence is inconclusive
according to S.A. White, "Three Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Cave 4, Qumran," JBL 112, 1 (1993) 27.