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Deuteronomy at Qumran / Chapter 22

Deuteronomy 22 — Dead Sea Scrolls

1 attestation entry • 0 variants • 4QDeut family

Manuscript Overview

Summary

Deuteronomy 22 contains miscellaneous laws — lost property, the bird's nest, mixed seeds, sexual ethics. 4QDeutⁱ preserves vv. 3–12. 4QDeutᵏ² covers vv. 3–12. Coverage is moderate.

Notable Variants

No significant content variants. Standard orthographic variation only.

Manuscripts

4QDeutᵃ (4Q28), 4QDeutᵏ² (4Q38a), 4QDeutⁱ (4Q36)

Scroll Condition

4QDeutⁱ provides a continuous reading of vv. 3-12.

6
tracks MT

If you come across a bird's nest along the road, in any tree or on the ground, with chicks or eggs, and the mother bird is sitting on the chicks or on the eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

The bird's-nest law tracks MT.

4QDeutⁱ frag.