Q699 MT Deut 11:7 ldgh SV(1) – Difference in number.^1215
4QDeutj VIII 3 Mylwdgh
Q700 MT Deut 11:8 omits SV(2) – 4QDeutj has an expansive
4QDeutj VIII 4 My+p#mhw [ plus.^1216
Q701 MT Deut 11:11 Mt) OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QDeutj VIII 10 hm[ pronunciation.
Q702 MT Exod 12:46 hcwx SV(1) – Interchange of preposi-
4QDeutj X 1 Cwxl tion l and postposition locative h.
Q703 MT Exod 12:48 Kt) SV(1) – Difference in number.^1217
4QDeutj X 2 hmkt)
Q704 MT Exod 13:4 Mt) OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QDeutj X 11 h[ ]) pronunciation.
Q705 MT Exod 13:5 Cr) SV(1) – The MT lacks the definite
4QDeutj X 12 ]h article.
Q706 MT Exod 13:5 omits SV(2) – Difference in listed
4QDeutj X 12-13 y#r[ items.^1218
Q707 MT Exod 13:5 r#) SV(1) – The MT lacks the prepo-
1215
4QDeutj is supported by the reading in 4QDeutk1, which has defective Myldgh (see Q712 below). The
verse in 4QDeutj is restored: h#( r#) Mylwdgh hwhy h#(m lk t) t)rh Mkyny( yk, “Because your eyes see all
of Yahweh’s greats works that he did,” where the noun h#(m, “work,” is taken as the plural construct y#(m,
“works.” E. Qimron, Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 20 n. 9, notes the infrequent occurrence of the pho-
netic spelling h#w( for plural y#w(, and the same phonetic reading may underly the forms in 4QDeutj and
4QDeut 1216 k1. See further E. Ulrich and F.M. Cross, Qumran Cave 4. IX, 87.
4QDeutj is supported by the reading in 4QDeutk1 (see Q713 below). The phrase is reconstructed on the
basis of the parallel in 4QDeutk1 2 4: My+p#mhw Myqwxh hwcmh lk, “every commandment, the statutes and
the judgements.” According to E. Ulrich and F.M. Cross, Qumran Cave 4. IX, 87, the expansion in 4QDeutj
and 4QDeut 1217 k1 “is influenced by parallel passages such as Deut 5:31; 6:1; 7:11.”
The pronominal suffix refers to Moses and Aaron, so the plural form in 4QDeutj is expected. This read-
ing is supported by the other witnesses, and also by some manuscripts of the MT (see E. Ulrich and F.M.
Cross, 1218 Qumran Cave 4. IX, 90).
The list of nations in 4QDeutj includes the Girgashites against the other other witnesses. See the com-
ments in note above.