Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

Eternal Fountain . . . For He has separated you from all (2) bodily spirit. O ye, separate yourself from
all that He hates, and keep yourself apart from all Abominations of . . . He made all (flesh), (3) and
caused every man to inherit his portion. He set you apart-and your portion-among the sons of Adam . .
. He gave you authority. O ye, (4) this was how He glorified it when you sanctified yourself to Him,
when He made you a Holy of Holies . . . for all . . . (5) He decided your fate and greatly increased your
Glory, and made you as a firstborn for Himself among. . . (6) 'and I will give you My Goodness.' O ye,
is not His Goodness yours? So always walk in His Faithfulness in all of (7) your works. O ye, seek His
judgements from every hand, and the abundance of . . . (8) love Him, for with everlasting Piety
(Hesed) and mercies on all the Keepers of His word, and . . . (9) O ye, He has [op]ened up insight for
you, and given you authority over His storehouse, and the accurate value for a measure (ephah) He has
determined . . . (10) they . . . you. It is in your power to turn aside wrath from the Men of His Favor,
and to appoint . . . (11) with you, before you take your portion from the hands of the Glory of His Holy
Ones, and in . . . (12) He opened . . . and all who are called by His Holy Name . . . (13) with all the
Er[as of] His sub[lime] radiance for an Eter[nal] Planting . . . (14) all those who inherit the land will
conduct themselves, for in . . . (15) O ye, because of the Wisdom of your hands, He has given you
authority, and [your] Knowledge . . . (16) a storehouse (?) for all humanity. From there you will
designate your unclean food, and . . . (17) Seek understanding with all (your) might, and from every
hand, take increased insight . . . (18) Bring forth what you lack for all those seeking after (their own)
desire(s). Then you will understand . . . (19) You will be filled and satiated with abundant Goodness,
and by the skill of your hands . . . (20) Because God has apportioned the inheritance of eve[ry living
being,] and all those wise of heart have considered . . .
The Fountain of Living Water
Fragment 2 (1) . . . farmers, until all . . . (2) bring in your baskets, and your storehouses, all . . . (3) and
the plain, season by season seek them out, and do not cease . . . (4) all of them seek in their season(s),
and according to Wis[dom,] a man . . . (5) like a Fountain of Living Water which all me[n . . .] (6) and
it is a hybrid like a mule, or like clo[thing made of two materials . . .] (7) in cattle and in . . . and also,
your produce will be . . . (8) your Riches with your flesh . . .
All the Eras of Eternity
Fragment 3 (1) . . . concerning . . . all . . . (2) together with him . . . all who . . . (3) and they feared the
deep, and . . . (4) And every sacrifice are you to offer them perpetually, and the peace (offering) . . . (5)
in all the Eras of Eternity, because He is (the) God of Truth . . . (6) making the Righteous discern Good
from Evil . . . (7) because it is the inclination of the flesh, and those who understand . . .
The Foundations of the Universe Shout out judgement
Fragment 4 (1) . . . your breath (2) . . . and you will understand . . . death with (3) . . . Shall they not
walk in Truth? (4) . . . and all their joys with Knowledge. O ye foolish of heart, what is Goodness
without (5) [. . . And how] can there be peacefulness without destruction? And how can there be
judgement without establishing it, and how the dead will groan on account of al[1 . . .] (6) you . . . you
were created, but your backsliding leads to eternal damnation, because you walk . . . (7) The dark
places will be made Light because of Your abundance, and Eternal Being (shall be the lot of) the
Seekers of Truth and the Witnesses of Yo[ur] Judgements. (8) All the foolish of heart will be