Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

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(2) . . . because they come . . . (3) will be . . . (4) and concerning wome[n . . .] And the rebellion [. . .
(5) For by reason of these . . . because of] violence and fornication [some] (6) places have been
destroyed. [Further,] it is writt[en in the Book of Moses,] 'You [are no]t to bring the abomination t[o
your house, because] (7) the abomination is despised (by God).' [Now, you know that] we broke with
the majority of the peo[ple and refused] (8) to mix or go along wi[th them] on these matters. You also
k[now that] (9) no rebellion or Lying or Evil [should be] found in His Temple. It is because of [these
things w]e present [these words] (10) [and (earlier) wrot]e to you, so that you will understand the
Book of Moses [and the words of the Prophets and of Davi[d, along with the (11) chronicles of every]
generation. In the Book (of Moses) it is written .... s[o] that not . . . (12) It is also written, '[(If) you
turn] from the W[a]y, then Evil will meet [you.'] Again, it is written, (13) 'It shall come to pass that
when [al]1 [t]hese thing[s com]e upon you in the End of Days, the blessing (14) [and] the curse [that I
have set before you, and you call them to m[in]d, and return to me with all your heart (15) and with
[a]ll [your] soul' [. . . at the En]d [Time,] then you will 1[i]v[e . . . Once again, (16) it is written in the
Book] of Moses and in [the words of the Prophets that [blessings and curses] will come [upon you . . .
(21) the ble]ssin[gs that] cam[e upon i]t (Israel) in [his days [and] in the days of Solomon the son of
David, as well as the curses (22) [that] came upon it from the d[ays of Jer]oboam the son of Nebat
until the exi[1]e of Jerusalem and Zedekiah the king of Jud[ah.] (23) [For] he may bri[n]g them upon .
. . And we recognize that some of the blessings and curses have come, (24) those written in the Bo[ok
of Moses; therefore this is the End of Days, when (those) in Isra[e]l are to return (25) to the La[w of
God with all their heart,] never to turn bac[k] (again). Meanwhile, the wicked will increase in
wick[ed]ness and . . . (26) Remember the kings of Israe[1], and understand their works. Whoever of