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Shlama,


Is this what i think it is:


Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
(KJV)

Texts reading this way: Sinaiticus / Ephraemi / and the majority of others

The subtle variant appears as: ???covenant??? instead of the plural of the above.

Texts reading this way: Vaticanus / Bezae / Boernerianus / and a few others

Here the Peshitta resolves the Greek plural/singular textual variant in that the word for ???covenant,??? [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]0myq[/font] -- is spelled the same whether in the singular or the plural, and is correctly vocalized in the Peshitta in this instance as plural, as there were indeed multiple covenants entered-into with Israel - not just one.


Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy