Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive
Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive
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lood of her purification. [She should touch] no Holy thing [and should not enter the Temple.]<br />
Fragment 4 (1) [. . . If a man strikes another] in the eye, [and he is bedridden, but gets up and walks<br />
around (2) outside on his staff, the one who struck him will merely] compensate [him for his]<br />
con[valescence and his medi]cal expenses. (3) [If a bull gores a man or wo]man, the bull will be<br />
killed. He will stone it, (4) [and not eat its meat, and the bull's owner shall be blameless. But if the<br />
bull had gored previously (5) [and the owner had been apprised, but he had not kept it (penned up);<br />
and it kills a m]an or a woman, (6) [the bull will be stoned, and its owner will be put to death as well .<br />
. . .]<br />
Fragment 5 (1) [. . . grain, new wine, or fresh oil, unless [the priest has waved it . . .] (2) their early<br />
produce, the frst fruits. And a man should not delay (giving) the full measure, for . . . (3) is the<br />
firstfruit of the full measure. [And the] grain is the offering . . . [And the bread of] (4) the firstfruits is<br />
the leavened bread that they bring [on] the day of the [firstfruits . . .] (5) are the firstfruits. A man<br />
should not eat the new wheat . . . (6) until the day he brings the bread of the firstfruits. He should<br />
not...<br />
Fragment 6 (2) . . . he should not . . . (3) [. . . the grain offering of the tithe is for [the priest . . .] (4) [. .<br />
. the firstborn of a ma]n or uncle[an] cattle [he should redeem] (5) [. . . the firstborn of a man or<br />
unclean cattle (6) . . . the flock, and the sanctuary, from (7) [. . . i]t is like the firstborn, and the<br />
produce of a tree (8) [. . . in the first [year], and the olive tree in the fourth year (9) [. . . and the heave<br />
offering; everything that is set apart for (the support of) the priesthood<br />
Fragment 7 (1) Concerning immoral unions . . . (2) A man should not marry his si[ster, the daughter<br />
of his father or the daughter of his mother . . . A man should not marry] (3) the daughter of his brother<br />
or the daughter of his si[ster. . . He should not uncover] (4) the nakedness of the sister of his fa[ther or<br />
the sister of his mother. Nor should a woman be given to the brother of] (5) her father or to the brother<br />
of her mother [to be his wife . . .] (6) A man should not uncover the nakedness of . . . (7) A man<br />
should not take the daughter of . . .<br />
38. Mourning, Seminal Emissions, Etc. (Purity Laws Type A - 4Q274) (Plate 18)<br />
<strong>The</strong> contents of this manuscript are remarkable, discussing issues not previously found in any Qumran<br />
text. All have to do with matters of ceremonial purity and impurity in accordance with stipulations set<br />
forth in legal portions of the Bible. A number of the matters considered here involve impurities that<br />
require a seven-day period of purification. Provisions are made for mourners to dwell apart in a<br />
special place during the days of their impurity, apparently acquired from contact with the corpse of a<br />
loved one. <strong>The</strong> text stipulates that such people and others, suffering from Levitical uncleanness of<br />
various sorts, are to dwell to the north-west of the nearest habitations - a law reminiscent of the<br />
placement of the latrine in the Temple Scroll (11QT, xlvi.13-16). <strong>The</strong> rationale for the north-westerly<br />
situation of impure places is still unclear, though the fact of the Temple being north-west of a 'camp'<br />
such as that which may have been at Qumran could have something to do with it, i.e. such people<br />
were to walk in the direction of the Temple.<br />
Several lines concern women during menstruation. <strong>The</strong>se women are not to 'mingle', but it does not