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Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

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Fragment 4 (1) . . . a Jewish man . . .<br />

Manuscript E Fragment 1 Column 1 (1) . . . the hi[g]h priest . . . (2) Johanan to bring the . . .<br />

Fragment 1 Column 2 (2) from . . . (5) a man . . . (7) Shelamzion . . .<br />

25. Priestly Courses IV (4Q325)<br />

This manuscript consists of three fragments, the two largest of which are transliterated here. <strong>The</strong>se<br />

fragments belong to the first year rotation in the sexennial priestly cycle. <strong>The</strong> text records which<br />

priestly course is responsible for each Sabbath and festival in the period covered. Fragment 1 concerns<br />

the period from Passover (1/ 14) until the first Sabbath of the third month. Fragment 2 apparently<br />

begins with 5/3 and the Festival of New Wine (heretofore known from the Temple Scroll, but not<br />

listed in the Bible or most other calendar texts). <strong>The</strong> last date indicated in Fragment 2 is 6/23, on<br />

which the Festival of Wood Offering began.<br />

Translation<br />

Fragment 1 (1) [on Tues]day; on the eighteenth the Sabbath fa[lls to Jehoiarib . . .] (2) [on Tuesday] in<br />

the evening. On the twenty-fifth the Sabbath falls to Jedaiah; also during that course's duties falls (3)<br />

[the Festival of] the Barley on the twenty-sixth. After the Sabbath, the beginning of the sec[ond]<br />

month falls to (4) Jedaiah, [on Fri]day. On the second is the Sabbath of Harim. On the ninth is the<br />

Sabbath of (5) [Seorim.] On the sixteenth is the Sabbath of Malchijah. On the twenty-third i[s] (6) [the<br />

Sabbath] of [Mi]jamin. On the thirtieth is the Sabbath of Hakkoz. <strong>The</strong> beginning of (7) the third<br />

month, after the Sabbath . . .<br />

Fragment 2 (1) [the fifth (month) falls to Bilgah. On the second is the Sabbath of I]mmer. On the<br />

th[ir]d, (2) [after the Sabbath, is the Festival of New Wine. On] the ninth is the Sabbath of Hezir. (3)

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