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  • The DSS and LXX Deuteronomy 32:43 has "let all God’s angels worship him" while the Masoretic text does not. Hebrews 1:6 quotes this phrase in NIV with footnote “See Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint.”
  • The Masoretic 1 Samuel 17:4 says Goliath was 6 cubits and a span, or roughly 9 feet 9 inches. However, the Septuagint and 4QSam say 4 cubits and a span, or about 6 feet, 9 inches.

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    (from http://www.muslimhope.com/AnOverviewOfTheDeadSeaScrolls.htm