Deuteronomy 10 — Dead Sea Scrolls
3 attestation entries • 0 variants • 4QDeut family
Manuscript Overview
Summary
Deuteronomy 10 contains the second tablet account, the priestly election of Levi, and the great heart-circumcision passage (vv. 12–22). 4QDeutˡ preserves vv. 12–15. 4QDeutʲ attests vv. 12–11:21 as part of its Shema-prefixed liturgical anthology. The chapter is well attested.
Notable Variants
No significant content variants. The 'circumcise the foreskin of your heart' language (v. 16, cited at Rom 2:29) tracks MT.
Manuscripts
4QDeutᶠ (4Q33), 4QDeutˡ (4Q39), 4QDeutʲ (4Q37), 1QDeutᵇ (1Q5)
Scroll Condition
4QDeutˡ and 4QDeutʲ together cover most of the climactic vv. 12–22.
So now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you? Only this: to hold the LORD your God in reverent awe, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with your whole heart and your whole being,
The five-fold call ('to fear, to walk, to love, to serve, to keep') tracks MT.
4QDeutˡ frag. 1; 4QDeutʲ
So circumcise your hearts and stop being so stubborn.
'Circumcise then the foreskin of your heart' tracks MT. Cited at Rom 2:29 and echoed at Col 2:11.
4QDeutʲ frag.
For the LORD your God is the God above all gods and the Lord above all lords — the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God who shows no favoritism and accepts no bribe.
The 'God of gods and Lord of lords' formulation tracks MT. Echoed at 1 Tim 6:15 and Rev 17:14, 19:16.
4QDeutʲ frag.