Deuteronomy 28 — Dead Sea Scrolls
1 attestation entry • 0 variants • 4QDeut family
Manuscript Overview
Summary
Deuteronomy 28 contains the climactic blessings (vv. 1–14) and curses (vv. 15–68), the longest curse-list in the Torah. 4QDeutᵖ preserves vv. 15–18, 33–36, 47–52, and 58–62 — fragmentary but covering significant portions of the curse section.
Notable Variants
No significant content variants in the preserved passages. The horror of the siege-cannibalism curses (vv. 53-57) is preserved as in MT — relevant background to Lam 2:20, 4:10 and Josephus' siege narratives.
Manuscripts
4QDeutᵖ (4Q43)
Scroll Condition
Fragmentary but with multiple distinct passages preserved.
The LORD will raise up against you a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, swooping down like an eagle — a nation whose language you will not understand,
The 'eagle from far away' curse (likely the Babylonians or, in later reception, the Romans) tracks MT.
4QDeutᵖ frag.