:TEXT: "he put up with them in the wilderness." : S A*(vid) B C2 D P 81 614 945 1241 1739 2495 Byz Lect one lat vg : KJV ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: DNOTES: "he like a nurse cared for them in the wilderness." : p74 Ac C* E Psi 33vid three lat syr cop : ASV RSVn NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnCOMMENTS: The difference in the two readings is only one letter: the text reading has a "p" and the reading in the notes has a "ph" or "f." Thus the variation is due to a mistake of the ear. It is difficult to know which is original. The allusion is to Deuteronomy 1:31 where the Greek Old Testament shows the same variation. Since most Old Testament manuscripts read "he like a nurse cared for," it is slightly more probably that "he put up with" was changed to "he like a nurse cared for" to read like the prevailing Old Testament text than vice versa.