11QpaleoLeva frg. J
1
]tybm sion.^1297Q869 MT Lev 20:3 llxw SV(1) – The MT lacks the prepo-
11QpaleoLeva frg. J sition l.
4
llxlwQ870 MT Lev 21:6 #dq Not Counted – The remains of the
yod in 11QpaleoLeva are uncer-
tain.
11QpaleoLeva frg. K
2
]y[Q871 MT Lev 21:8 t) SV(1) – 11QpaleoLeva lacks the
11QpaleoLeva frg. K object marker.
4
omitsQ872 MT Lev 21:8 Mk#dqm SV(1) – Difference in person.^1298
11QpaleoLeva frg. K
5
M#dqmQ873 MT Lev 22:22 tply w) brg w) tlby SV(3) – 11QpaleoLeva has a dif-
11QpaleoLeva I 3 tlby w) brg w) tply ferent word order to the MT.^1299
Q874 MT Lev 22:25 Mhb Mtx#m SV(2) – 11QpaleoLeva has a dif-
11QpaleoLeva I 7 Mh Myt[ ferent phraseology to the MT.^1300
1297
The phrase in 11QpaleoLeva reads: l)r#y tybm #y) #y), “any man from among the house Israel,”
against the MT: l)r#y ynbm #y) #y), “any man from among the sons of Israel.” The idiom selected in
11QpaleoLeva is semantically identical but stylistically different from that selected in the MT. That in
11QpaleoLeva occurs four times in the Pentateuch, all of which occur in Leviticus (see Lev 17:3, 8, 10;
22:18), while the idiom in the MT occurs only twice in Leviticus (see Lev 17:13 and here), and also in
Numbers (see Num 16:2; 25:6). The scribe of 11QpaleoLeva may then have harmonised the idiom in Lev
20:2 with that which was more familiar. 1298
11QpaleoLeva is restored: M#dqm hwhy yn) #wdq yk, “because I, Yahweh, am holy (who) sanctifies
them,” against the MT: Mk#dqm hwhy yn) #wdq yk, “because I, Yahweh, am holy (who) sanctifies you.” The
LXX supports the reading in 11QpaleoLev 1299 a.
On the list of defects that render offering unsuitable, the fourth and sixth items are reversed in
11QpaleoLev 1300 a. All of the other witnesses agree with the order of items in the MT.
The phrase in appears to have the masculine plural noun followed by the 3mpl independent pronoun,
restored: Mh Mytx#m, “they (are) corruptions.” This is against the reading in the MT that has the the pro-
nominal subject suffix appended to the singular noun followed by the preposition b plus 3mpl pronominal
suffix: Mhb Mtx#m, “their corruption (is) in them.”