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HENRY W. MORISADA RIETZ 221<br />

[2] in (<strong>the</strong>) flesh according to <strong>the</strong> mighty deeds of God <strong>and</strong> corresponding<br />

to <strong>the</strong>ir wickedness, according to <strong>the</strong>ir impurity, 78 turning aside 79 <strong>the</strong><br />

sons of [(<strong>the</strong>) heavens] <strong>and</strong> (<strong>the</strong>) earth to (be) a community of wickedness<br />

until<br />

[3] its endtime. 80 Corresponding to his compassions, God according to his<br />

goodness <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> wonder of his glory brought near (some) from <strong>the</strong><br />

sons of <strong>the</strong> world […] to be reckoned 81 with him in (<strong>the</strong>) co[mmunity<br />

of<br />

[4] (<strong>the</strong>) div]ine being as 82 a holy congregation in (<strong>the</strong>) appointment 83 to life<br />

eternal <strong>and</strong> in (<strong>the</strong>) lot with his Holy Ones […]<br />

[5] […] each according to his lot which he ca[s]t for […]<br />

[6] […] to life e[te]rn[al.…]<br />

Md) ynb t)+xb 84l[lwgth]l[w w]m( [yr]s M( dxyb hm#)l [1]<br />

My(r Mylxmw Mylwdg My+p#mlw<br />

86rysm 85Mt)m+ ypl M(#r tmw(lw l) twrwbg ypl r#bb [2]<br />

d( h(#r dxyl Cr)w [Mym#] ynb<br />

ynbm #ygh wdwbk )lphw wbw+ ypl l) 87wmxr tmw(l hcq [3]<br />

[dx]yb wm( b#xthl 88 […]lbt<br />

]k wy#wdq M( lrwgbw Mlw( yyxl dm(mb #dwq td(l Myl[)] [4]<br />

]l l[y]ph r#) wlrwg ypl #y) w)l[…] [5]<br />

M]l[w]( yyxl […] [6]<br />

78. Or “uncleanness.”<br />

79. <strong>The</strong> Hitpael masculine singular participle rysm may be dependent on M(#r earlier<br />

in <strong>the</strong> line or on <strong>the</strong> antecedent of <strong>the</strong> restored pronominal suffix on w]m( in line 1.<br />

80. <strong>The</strong> antecedent of <strong>the</strong> feminine singular suffix of hcq is ambiguous; possibly<br />

it is Mt)mt in line 2. Cf. <strong>the</strong> similar thought in 1QS 3.23, 4.16.<br />

81. <strong>The</strong> force of <strong>the</strong> hitpa(el maybe reflexive, “to reckon <strong>the</strong>mselves”; cf. Num<br />

23:9d, b#xty )l Mywgbw (“<strong>and</strong> among <strong>the</strong> nations it does not reckon itself”).<br />

82. <strong>The</strong> force of <strong>the</strong> preposition l in td(l is determined by being in construction<br />

with <strong>the</strong> infinitive b#htxl. See Isa 29:17c = 32:15c, b#xy r(yl lmrkhw (“<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> garden-l<strong>and</strong> shall be reckoned as a forest”).<br />

83. Translation follows Roberts, “Wicked <strong>and</strong> Holy,” 213.<br />

84. <strong>The</strong> restoration is from Roberts who follows Strugnell, “Notes en marge du volume<br />

V,” 254–55.<br />

85. Corrected from Mtdn dws; note <strong>the</strong> ) is written above <strong>the</strong> line. See Strugnell,<br />

ibid., 225, <strong>and</strong> Roberts, ibid., 212n29.<br />

86. <strong>The</strong> reading follows Roberts who is dependent on Strugnell, ibid., 255.<br />

87. Reading wmxr instead of ymxr; see Roberts, ibid., 212n32; <strong>and</strong> Strugnell, ibid., 255.<br />

88. <strong>The</strong> lea<strong>the</strong>r is obliterated; <strong>the</strong>re is no physical break in <strong>the</strong> lea<strong>the</strong>r.

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