Deuteronomy 19

Deuteronomy 19:9

"if you shall listen to do all these commands, which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways continually; you shall add for yourself yet three cities to these three."
Manuscripts (5)
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4QDeut(k2) (Scan 1) showing Deuteronomy 19:9 from Late 1st Century BC (c. 30–1 BC) found in Qumran, Cave 4, currently housed at Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem
Fragment

4QDeut(k2) (Scan 1)

1 of 54Q38a
LanguageHebrew
Earliest Date~30 BC (Late 1st Century BC (c. 30–1 BC))
Current LocationRockefeller Museum, Jerusalem
Found LocationQumran, Cave 4
Scribal Context & Details

An early Hebrew manuscript of Deuteronomy dating to the late first century BC, discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It is notable for its scribal practice of writing the Tetragrammaton (the divine name) in the ancient paleo-Hebrew script.

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4QDeut(k2) (Scan 2) showing Deuteronomy 19:9 from Late 1st Century BC (c. 30–1 BC) found in Qumran, Cave 4, currently housed at Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem
Fragment

4QDeut(k2) (Scan 2)

2 of 54Q38a
LanguageHebrew
Earliest Date~30 BC (Late 1st Century BC (c. 30–1 BC))
Current LocationRockefeller Museum, Jerusalem
Found LocationQumran, Cave 4
Scribal Context & Details

An early Hebrew manuscript of Deuteronomy dating to the late first century BC, discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It is notable for its scribal practice of writing the Tetragrammaton (the divine name) in the ancient paleo-Hebrew script.

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Codex Vaticanus showing Deuteronomy 19:9 from Early to Mid-4th Century AD, currently housed at Vatican Library, Vatican City
Codex

Codex Vaticanus

3 of 5B
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 300 (Early to Mid-4th Century AD)
Current LocationVatican Library, Vatican City
Found LocationUnknown
Scribal Context & Details

Codex Vaticanus is one of the oldest and most valuable surviving manuscripts of the complete Greek Bible. It has been securely housed in the Vatican Library since at least the late 15th century and is celebrated for its elegant script written on very high-quality vellum.

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Codex Alexandrinus (Scan 1) showing Deuteronomy 19:9 from 5th Century (c. 400-440 CE) found in Alexandria, Egypt, currently housed at British Library, London
Codex

Codex Alexandrinus (Scan 1)

4 of 5A
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 400 (5th Century (c. 400-440 CE))
Current LocationBritish Library, London
Found LocationAlexandria, Egypt
Scribal Context & Details

Codex Alexandrinus is one of the four great uncial codices of the Greek Bible. It contains the vast majority of the Septuagint and New Testament, and was the first of the great uncials to become accessible to modern scholars.

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Codex Alexandrinus (Scan 2) showing Deuteronomy 19:9 from 5th Century (c. 400-440 CE) found in Alexandria, Egypt, currently housed at British Library, London
Codex

Codex Alexandrinus (Scan 2)

5 of 5A
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 400 (5th Century (c. 400-440 CE))
Current LocationBritish Library, London
Found LocationAlexandria, Egypt
Scribal Context & Details

Codex Alexandrinus is one of the four great uncial codices of the Greek Bible. It contains the vast majority of the Septuagint and New Testament, and was the first of the great uncials to become accessible to modern scholars.

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