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Fragment 1 Column 2 (8) [Your] a[yes . . .] (9) Lord, [You] bl[essed . . .] (10) a Righ[teous] seed. [. . . Hear, please,] (11) the prayer of [Your] ser[vant Levi . . . to do] (12) a True judgement for al[1 time . . . Do not remove] (13) the son of Your servant from [Your] pre[sence . . .] (14) Then I continued on . . . (15) to my father Jacob and whe[n . . .] (16) from Abel Mayin. Then (17) I lay down and I remained a[t Abel Mayin . . .] (18) Then I was shown visions . . . (19) in the vision of visions, and I saw Hea[ven opened and I saw the mountain] (20) beneath me, as high as to reach to Heav[en, and I was on it. Then were opened] (21) to me the gates of Heaven, and an Angel [spoke to me, 'Levi, enter. . .'] Fragment 3 (1) . . . your priesthood above all flesh (2) [. . . And] I awoke from my sleep. Then (3) [I said, 'This is a vision, and thus I am amazed that I should have any vision at all.'] I [hid] this also in my heart; to no person did I (4) [reveal it. And we went to my (grand)father Isaac, and he also blessed me thus. Then, wh]en Jacob my father was tithing (5) [everything that he owned according to a vow made to God, for the first time I was at the head of the priest]s, and to me of (all) his sons he gave . . . Fragment 4 Column 1 (1) [And in the hundred and eighteenth year of my life, the year] in which died (2) [my brother Joseph, I called my children and their children and began to instruct] them (3) [concerning all that was in my heart. I said to my children, 'Listen] to the word (4) [of Levi your father, and pay heed to the instructions of God's friend.] I [instruct] you, (5) [my sons, and I reveal the Truth to you, my beloved. The essence] of each of your works (6) [must be Truth. May Righteousness always] re[main] with you, and Truth. (7) [Then you shall have a blessed and good [harvest.] He who sows Good reaps Good, (8) [while he who sows Evil,] his [sowing turns against him.] And now, my sons, [teach] Torah, its interpretation and Wisdom (9) [to your sons, and Wisdom shall be with you] as an eternal honor. He who teaches Wisdom (10) [will find] honor [therein. He who despises Wisdom] will be given [to con]tempt and disdain. Observe, my sons, (11) [Joseph my brother, who taught Torah and interpretation and Wisdom. (He received) honor and became a great man, both to kings (12) . . . Do not exchange Wisdom for a teacher (13) . . . a foreigner. He who teaches Wisdom, all (14) [the days of his life shall be long, and his reputat]ion [shall grow great.] In every land and country to which he goes (15) [he has a brother, and is not like a stranger] in it, nor like a foreigner in it, neither (16) [is he like an unfamiliar person there. For all give him honor there, because everyone wants (17) [to learn from his Wisdom.] His [friends] are numerous, and many seek his welfare. (18) [They seat him on the seat of honor, in order] to hear his words of Wisdom. (19) [Wisdom is a great richness of honor for] those who know it, and it is a treasure (20) [for everyone who possesses it. If] migh[t]y [kings come] with a [great] (and) powerful army . . . Fragment 4 Column 2 (1) (they will not find) its hidden places, and they shall not enter its gates, nor . . . (2) will they be able to conquer its walls. And not . . . (3) they will see its fodder, its treasure that does [not] . . . (4) for which there is [n]o price . . . [Any man] (5) who seeks Wisdo[m, Wisdom [will find] him . . . [it will not] (6) be hidden from him . . . (7) and not la[c]king . . . all who see[k] (8) in Truth . . . Torah and interpretation, (9) Wi[sd]om that [they] teach . . . they are two (10) . . . great. You will give (11) [. . . h]onor . . . (12) Also in books (13) [. . . you will b]e leaders and judges (14) . . . and servants (15) . . . also priests and kings (16) . . . your Kingdom (17) will 1[ast forever . . . there will be no end (18) . . . [the Kingdom will not] pass away from you until (19) . . . in great honor. Fragment 5 (1) [. . . y]ou will be darkened . . . (2) did not [E]noch complain . . . (3) Noah, and upon whom does the guilt fall? . . . (4) is it not upon me and upon you, my sons? Now, you know (5) . . . the
Ways of Righteousness you will aba[n]don, [and] all the ways (6) . . . you will renounce, and you will walk in Darkn[ess] (7) . . . great oppression will come upon you, [and] you will be gi[ve]n (8) . . . you will become fools . . . Manuscript B Fragment 1 (1) to offer up on the altar (anything fitting), wash your hands and feet once again. And offer] split [woo]d. (2) [Examine it first for an[y worms, and t]he[n offer] it up, [for] thus I saw Abraham (3) [my father taking care regarding] anything that might restrain (him from offering the wood). Any of [twel]ve woods [that are fitting] he to[ld] me [to] offer up on the altar, (4) [whose smoke] rises up with a pleasant odor. These are th[eir] na[mes:] ce[dar, juniper, almond, (5) [fir, pine, ash, cypress, fig, oleaster, laurel, myrtle and (6) as[ph]althos. These are th[ose he said] are fitt[ing to offer up] under the burnt offering (7) on the altar. And [when you begin to offer up one of these [wood]s upon [the] altar and the [fire begins] (8) to burn them, you are to sprinkle the blood] on the sides of the altar. Again, [wash] (9) [your hands and feet of the blood, then begin to offer up] sa[lt]ed portion[s.] As for [its[ he[ad,] . . . 28. A Firm Foundation (AARON A - 4Q541) The relationship of this text to the Aramaic Testament of Levi above should be clear. In fact, there is no real reason to consider it distinct from it, but rather simply another version or portion of it. The working title, 4QAaron, must be seen as a convention, nothing more, though it does reflect the priestly character of some of the material, particularly the references in Column 2.4 to 'burnt offerings' and being 'a Foundation of peace' and similar allusions, including more 'Foundation' imagery in Columns 4 and 6. The reference in 6.3 to 'brothers', however, would rather suggest a more direct attribution to Levi than Aaron, though the implication might simply be the same general priestly and Levitical thrust of the two Testaments attributed to Kohath and Amram - two more descendants of Levi - below. The relationship of this text to extant Testament of Levi literature in other languages, as well as to Daniel and Enoch materials - particularly as it turns more apocalyptic in Columns 4-5 - is also strong. These columns parallel the famous eschatological portions of the Greek Testament of Levi ME Apart from the usual allusions to 'Wisdom', 'Mysteries' and some visionary thrust in the first two columns, one should note in 4.1 the emphasis on 'making atonement for all the sons of his generation'. This 'atonement' imagery is strong in other Qumran literature like the Vision of the Four Kingdoms in Chapter 2 and the Community Rule (viii.6-10). In the latter, it is definitively related to the Council of the Community, who stand as both an 'Inner Sanctum' or 'Holy of Holies' for Aaron and a 'House' or 'Temple' for Israel. It is, of course, strong, too, in early Christianity as we have seen. The use of the imagery of a 'firm Foundation', again so prominent here, is very strong in the Qumran Hymns and the Community Rule as well, the last particularly where the Community Council and spiritualized 'atonement' imagery is concerned. It is even alluded to in the New Testament. It is, of course, generically related to 'Rock' imagery in the latter tradition. In the Qumran Hymns it is not only accompanied by this imagery and that of 'the Cornerstone', but also that of the 'Tower', 'wall' and 'Fortress', of the kind also associated with James, who was called in early Christian tradition both 'Protection of the people' and 'Fortress'.
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consignments, then more insistently
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[the sl]ai[n of the] Kitti[m] . . .
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Covenant' incumbent on all 'the Rig
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a book of the utmost importance for
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presumably an Angel - possibly even
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Righteous), etc. These themes shoul
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this document, are also the backbon
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person, where it would appear to be
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kingdoms (see also the Vision of th
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God, War Scroll, etc.., whether tak
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araméens de Qumran 4', Revue Bibli
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another example of rewriting and de
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analysis of the scheme of this cale
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as yet been revealed. The Damascus
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published Hymns from Cave 1 by the
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'obscure Mysteries' - even 'the Mys
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destroyed, and the sons of Wickedne
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Way], and also to mix the . . . (7)
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imaginary or allegorical; or about
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