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162 EXCERPTED MANUSCRIPTS AT QUMRAN
Table 1, cont.
Text Contents Number of
lines extant
(height)
Date Remarks
4QExode Exod 13:3–5 8 lines 150–100 Probably not
(4Q16) (8.2 cm.) B.C.E. whole biblical
book
4QDeutj Deut 5:1–11, 14 lines 50 C.E. Note the
(4Q37) 13–15; 5:21–6:3; (12 cm.) material
8:5–10; 11:6–13; join between
11:21 (?) + Exod Exodus and
12:43–13:5;
Deut 32:7–8
Deuteronomy
4QDeutk1 Deut 5:28–32; 13 lines 30–1
(4Q38) 11:6–13; 32:17–18,
22–23, 25–27
B.C.E.
4QDeutn Deut 8:5–10 + 12 lines 30–1 Different
(4Q41) 5:1–6:1(with plus (6.8 cm.) B.C.E. ordering and
of Exod 20:11 smaller
after Deut 5:15) dimensions;
probably not
whole biblical
book
4QDeutq Deut 32:9–10 (?), 11 lines 50–1 Limited
(4Q44) 37–43 (11.1 cm.) B.C.E. dimensions;
probably only
Deuteronomy
32
5QDeut Deut 7:15–24; 15 lines 250–150 Probably not
(5Q1) 8:5–9:2213 B.C.E. whole biblical
book
213. See Józef T. Milik, “1. Deutéronome,” in Les “Petites Grottes” de Qumrân [ed. M.
Baillet, J. T. Milik, and R. de Vaux; DJD 3; Oxford: Clarendon, 1962], 171, for frags.
2–5 of this manuscript, which might come from Deuteronomy 32–33.