Shema Yisrael
The papyrus preamble before Shema Yisrael, also found in the Septuagint, is taken from , which is the only time the recurring formula "This is the commandment(s) and rules and teachings..." mentions the Exodus from Egypt. The Nash preamble correctly cites Moses as the speaker rather than God as in the Septuagint. The insertion of Deuteronomy 4:45 before Shema Yisrael in the papyrus and especially the Septuagint, which has two preambles in the same section: and the interpolation to , was probably done to distance the central Shema Yisrael prayer from its context: sections dealing with the entry to the Promised Land of Canaan.