“... A fine example in the scrolls from Qumran is to be found in 4QDa (4Q266) 11, 3–5. After a section dealing with how an individual is to be disciplined, the author continues with reference to Israel in a series of three quotations, each formally introduced by ‘it is written’ (ktwb): And concerning Israel it is written, I will get me to the ends of heaven and will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. And elsewhere it is written, To return to God with weeping and fasting. And in ⟨another⟩ place it is written, Rend your hearts, not your garments. The first quotation is a combination of the hope of Deuteronomy 30.4 (‘Even if you are expelled to the ends of heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you’) and the threat of Leviticus 26.31 (‘If you disobey me . . . I will lay waste your cities, will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours’). The second and third are citations of parts of Joel 2.12 and 13. Although a catchword link between the two principal quotations is not clear, the combination of the two texts may depend upon the notion of what God does for those who return to him, a feature of the wider contexts of the passages cited (Deut. 30.2 and Joel 2.13). ...”