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QUMRAN VS. THE MASORETE TEXT
Of the 166 Hebrew words in Isaiah 53, only
seventeen letters in Dead Sea Scroll 1QIsb
differ from the Masoretic Text
10 letters = spelling differences
4 letters = stylistic changes
3 letters = added word for “light” (vs. 11)
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17 letters = no affect on biblical teaching
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