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Fragment 4 (1) . . . a Jewish man . . .
Manuscript E Fragment 1 Column 1 (1) . . . the hi[g]h priest . . . (2) Johanan to bring the . . .
Fragment 1 Column 2 (2) from . . . (5) a man . . . (7) Shelamzion . . .
25. Priestly Courses IV (4Q325)
This manuscript consists of three fragments, the two largest of which are transliterated here. These
fragments belong to the first year rotation in the sexennial priestly cycle. The text records which
priestly course is responsible for each Sabbath and festival in the period covered. Fragment 1 concerns
the period from Passover (1/ 14) until the first Sabbath of the third month. Fragment 2 apparently
begins with 5/3 and the Festival of New Wine (heretofore known from the Temple Scroll, but not
listed in the Bible or most other calendar texts). The last date indicated in Fragment 2 is 6/23, on
which the Festival of Wood Offering began.
Translation
Fragment 1 (1) [on Tues]day; on the eighteenth the Sabbath fa[lls to Jehoiarib . . .] (2) [on Tuesday] in
the evening. On the twenty-fifth the Sabbath falls to Jedaiah; also during that course's duties falls (3)
[the Festival of] the Barley on the twenty-sixth. After the Sabbath, the beginning of the sec[ond]
month falls to (4) Jedaiah, [on Fri]day. On the second is the Sabbath of Harim. On the ninth is the
Sabbath of (5) [Seorim.] On the sixteenth is the Sabbath of Malchijah. On the twenty-third i[s] (6) [the
Sabbath] of [Mi]jamin. On the thirtieth is the Sabbath of Hakkoz. The beginning of (7) the third
month, after the Sabbath . . .
Fragment 2 (1) [the fifth (month) falls to Bilgah. On the second is the Sabbath of I]mmer. On the
th[ir]d, (2) [after the Sabbath, is the Festival of New Wine. On] the ninth is the Sabbath of Hezir. (3)