Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

In Exodus Hur is a passing character. Whether because of his association with the tribe of Judah or the
building of the Tabernacle, the text represented here seems to focus on him more than Exodus does. In
Exod. 17:10, Hur appears for the first time at the battle with Amalek at Rephidim - mentioned above
in connection with Moses' prophecy on the subject and its treatment in the Genesis Florilegium. In
Exodus Hur is pictured as supporting the hands of Moses with Aaron (symbolic of the priesthood and
his brother-in-law?) to determine the course of the battle being fought by Joshua, Moses' adjutant, in
the plain below. When Moses with Joshua ascended the Mountain of Sinai, Hur and Aaron were left
in charge of the people (24:14).
Exod. 35:30 makes Hur's connection with Bezalel, the architect of the Tabernacle, explicit. So does 1
Chr. 2:20, where he is listed as the son of Caleb ben Hezron by a second wife, Ephrath (Ephrathah in
2:24) and the father of Uri (probably mentioned in Line 10). These three are credited with founding
three well-known Judean towns: Kiriath-jearim, Bethlehem and Bethgader. His connection with the
second makes a text focusing on him and connecting him to Miriam (also related in some way to
'Ephrathah') all the more interesting.
Translation
Fragment 1 (1) [th]at he ate, he and his son[s . . . (2) [and] her [hu]sband [slept] the eternal sleep . . .
(3) upon him, and they found hi[m . . . (4) his sons and the sons of h[is] brother . . . (5) they dwelt
temporarily (?) . . . (6) he departed to his Eternal home . . . (8) ten. And with Miriam he became the
father of Ab[(?; name incomplete and uncertain) . . . (9) and Sitri. Then Hur took as wife . . . (10) And
with her he became the father of Ur and Aar[on . . . (11) with her four (forty?) sons . . .