Samaritan Torah, פַּרְשַׁת שׁוֹפְטִים

[lethargic_man]

Deuteronomy 19:15	דברים יט טו
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.	לֹא־יָקוּם עֵד אֶחָד בְּאִישׁ לְכָל־עָוֹן וּלְכָל־חַטָּאת בְּכָל־חֵטְא אֲשֶׁר יֶחֱטָא עַל־פִּי שְׁנֵי עֵדִים אוֹ עַל־פִּי שְׁלֹשָׁה־עֵדִים יָקוּם דָּבָר׃

The use of חַטָּאת for "sin" is unusual; the word normally means "sin-offering". The Samaritan text here substitutes the usual word, חֵטא.

Deuteronomy 20:17	דברים כ יז
But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord your God has commanded you:	כִּי־הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִימֵם הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃

Readers familiar with the nations of pre-Israelite Canaan will notice that the Girgashites are missing from this list. The Samaritan text restores them, along with rearranging the order.

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