Deuteronomy 17 — Dead Sea Scrolls
1 attestation entry • 0 variants • 4QDeut family
Manuscript Overview
Summary
Deuteronomy 17 contains the kingship law, including the famous requirement that the king copy and read the Torah daily (vv. 18–20). 4QDeutᶠ preserves fragments. Coverage is moderate.
Notable Variants
No significant content variants. The kingship-law restrictions and the royal-Torah command read identically to MT.
Manuscripts
4QDeutᶠ (4Q33)
Scroll Condition
Fragmentary attestation.
18
tracks MT
When he takes his seat on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself a copy of this Law on a scroll, taken from the one kept by the Levitical priests.
The royal-Torah command ('he shall write for himself a copy of this Torah') tracks MT.
4QDeutᶠ frag.