Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

destroyed, and the sons of Wickedness will be found no more, and all those seekers after Evil will be
ab[ashed. . .] (9) The Foundations of the Universe will shout out Your Judgement, and all the . . . will
thunder . . . all the lovers of . . . (10) You will be the Elect of Truth, and pursuers after [insight with]
Judg[ment . . .] those who are watchful . . . (11) according to all Knowledge. How can you say, 'We
have worked for insight and stayed awake pursuing Knowledge of . . . in all . . . (12) But He has not
tired during all the years of Eternity. Does He not delight in Truth forever? . . . Knowledge ministers
unto Him, and [all the Angels of] (13) Heaven-whose inheritance is eternal life-would they ever say,
'We have grown weary in the ministries of Truth, and tir[ed in . . .] (14) for all ages do they not walk in
Eternal Light? . . . again, and abundant radiance dwells with them. You . . . (15) in the firmaments of .
. . the Foundation (possibly 'Secret') of the Pillars, all . . . 0 ye, in . . .
Eternal Glory
Fragment 5 (1) [. . . No]t one from all of their host will rest . . . (2) in Truth from the hand of all the
storehouses of men . . . (3) Truth, and the measure of Righteousness He meted out to all . . . (4) [. . .
dis]tributing them in Truth. He put them in place, and sought out their pleasures . . . (5) and a shelter
for all, nor shall they exist without His favor and . . . (6) Judgement to visit repentance upon the Lords
of Evil and the visitation of . . . (7) and to shut before the Evil Ones, and to lift up the head of the
Downtrodden . . . (8) in Eternal Glory and peace everlasting, and the Spirit of Life to sepa[rate . . .] (9)
all the sons of Eve, and with the power of God and the abundance of His Glory, with His Goodness . . .
(10) and in His Faithfulness, they shall prostrate themselves continually all the day and praise His
Name, and . . . (11) O ye, walk in Truth with all the [See]kers . . . (12) For His storehouse is under
your authority, and whoever seeks his own aim (must do so) from your basket, and (to) them . . . (13)
And if He does not stretch out His hand for your needs, then will His storehouse (provide) this need . .
. (14) . . . and he shall not provide for his own wishes, for He shall not . . . (15) your hand. He will
increase you[r] cattle abundantly . . . (16) forever . . .
The Scales of Righteousness
Fragment 6 (1) . . . your Fountain. Nor will you find what you lack, and your soul will languish for
want of all Goodness, even unto death. . . (2) [. . . will be trou]bled all the day, and your soul will
yearn to come into her (Wisdom's?) gates, and a grave (?) and clo[thing . . .] (3) your . . . And it will be
as food to eat and fuel for the flame against . . . (4) For by your conduct you have troubled those who
se[ek] pleasure and also . . . (5) for you . . . because God made the pleasures of (His) storehouse, and
meted them out in Truth . . . (6) [Fo]r in the scales of Righteousness He weighed out all their
understanding, and in Truth . . .
The Angels of God's Holiness
Fragment 7 (3) . . . its Ways are carved in suffering. You calm . . . (4) and there will be Lying in the
heart of all the sons [of Adam . . .] 'He will trust in all of My Ways . . . (5) Knowledge. They have not
earnestly sought Under[standing, nor Knowledge] chosen. Does not God [give Knowledge of . . . (6)
on Truth, to discern all [Mysteries, and Under]standing did He apportion to those who inherited Truth.
(7) . . . Lying. In Tr[uth . . . all His works. Is not peace and tranquility . . . (8) [Do you not k]now?
Have you not heard? Surely the Angels of Go[d]'s Holiness are in Heaven . . . (9) Truth. And they
pursue all the roots of Understanding, and diligently . . . (10) [according to] their Knowledge, one man