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with 64 instances in all. 4QNumb has the highest number of differences from the MT in
this respect with 11 variants (Q526, Q426, Q443, Q444, Q463, Q464, Q460, Q530,
Q538, Q541, Q564). In terms of gender there are 34 instances of variation, with
4QpaleoExodm showing a total of four (Q272, Q315, Q316, Q323), and 4QLev-Numa
totalling three (Q417, Q350, Q355).


Differences in the grammatical person of forms are much less frequent, with only seven
occurrences throughout the parallel sources relative to the MT. Only 4QpaleoExodm has
two such variations (Q289, Q328). Other single occurrences are: Q369, Q871, Q620,
Q661, Q746.


Very frequent in occurrence are omissions or additions of conjunctions (87 times in all,
15 of which occur in 4QDeutn), prepositions (54 times, 7 times in 4QpaleoExodm [Q264,
Q269, Q286, Q292, Q296, Q305, Q349]), the definite article (35 times, 7 times in
4QNumb [Q458, Q422, Q431, Q479, Q480, Q515, Q514]), and the definite direct object
marker (30 times, 5 times in 4QNumb [Q452, Q454, Q468, Q475, Q543]). Less fre-
quently added or omitted are the locative marker (16 times, twice in each of 4QNumb
[Q441, Q565], 4QpaleoExodm [Q279, Q309] and 4QpaleoGen-Exodl [Q261, Q262]), ad-
verbial particles (10 times), and the relative particle (only twice [Q815, Q876]).


Stylistic Variants (Type 2)


There are 255 variants from the MT classified under this category. These can be further
divided into three sub-groups, namely expansive pluses, explicating pluses, or differences

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