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third, the sign of Shecaniah;] (2) [in the sixth, the sign of Gamul; in the] sec[on]d, the sig[n of
Shecaniah; in the fifth, the sign of Gamul;] (3) after the sabbatical ye]ar, the sign of Shecaniah; in the
fou[rth, the sign of Gamul; in the sabbatical year, the sign] (4) of Shecaniah; in the thi]rd, the sign of
Gamul; in the six[th the sign] of Shecani[ah; in the second, the sign of the conclusion] (5) of the
thi[r]d jubilee. The signs of [the third] jubilee: six[teen signs,] of which (6) two signs fall in a
sabbatical year. (A jubilee of) Shecaniah: [in the second year the sig]n of [Gam]ul; in the fifth, the
sign of Shecaniah; (7) after the sabbatical year, the sig[n of Gamin; in the fourth, the sig]n of
Shecaniah; in the sabbatical year, the sign (8) of Gamul; in the third, the sign [of Shecaniah; in the
sixth, the sign of Ga]mul; in the second, the sign (9) of Shecaniah; in the fifth, the sign [of Gamin;
after] the sabbatical year, the sign of Shecaniah; (10) in the fourth, the sign of Gamul; [in the
sabbatical year, the sign of] Shecaniah; in the third, the sign of Gamul; (11) in the sixth, the sign of
Shecan[iah; in the second, the sign of] Gamul; in the fifth, the sign of Shecaniah; (12) after the
sabbatical year, the si[gn of the conclusion of the fourth jubilee. The signs] of the fourth [jubil]ee:
seventeen signs, (l3) of whi[ch] two signs fall in a sabbatical year. (A jubilee of) Sh[ecaniah:] in the
fourth year the sign of Shecaniah; (14) [in the sabbatical] year the sign of Gamul; in the [third, the
sign of Shecaniah; in the sixth, the sign of Gamul;] (15) in the seco[n]d, the sign of Shecaniah; in the
fifth, the sign of Gamul; after the sabbatical year, the sign of Shecaniah;] (16) in the fourth, the sign of
[Ga]mul; in the sabbatical [year, the sign of Shecaniah; in the third, the sign of Gamul;] (17) in the
six[th, the si]gn of Sh[ecaniah; in the second, the sign of Gamul; in the fifth, the sign of Shecaniah;]
(18) [after the] sabbatical year, the sign of Ga[mul; in the fourth, the sign of Shecaniah; in the
sabbatical year, the sign of the conclusion] (19) [of the fifth [jubilee, falling] during (the priestly
course of) Jeshebeab. [The signs of the fifth jubilee: sixteen signs, of which]
Column 3 (1) [three signs fall in a sabbatical year. (A jubilee of) Gamul: in the third year, the sign of
Shecaniah; in the sixth, the sign]
(2) [of Gamul; in the] second, the sign of Shecaniah; in the [fifth, the sign of Gamul; after the
sabbatical] year,
(3) [the sig]n of Shecaniah; in the fourth, the sign of Gam[ul; in the sabbatical year, the sign of
Shecaniah;] in the third,
(4) the sign of Gamul; in the sixth, the sign of Shecaniah; [in the second, the sign of] Gamul;
(5) in the fi[ft]h, the sign of Shecaniah; after [the sabbatical year,] the sign of
(6) Gamul; in the [fo]urth, the sign of Shecaniah; in the
sabbatical [year, the sign of Gamul; in the] third,
(7) the sign of [Shecaniah; in the sixth, the sign of the conclusion of the [sixth] jubi[lee. The signs
(8) of the sixth] jubilee: si[xteen signs,] of which two signs fall in a [sabbatical year . . .]
(9) . . .