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Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

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Fragment 1 Column 2 (8) [Your] a[yes . . .] (9) Lord, [You] bl[essed . . .] (10) a Righ[teous] seed. [. . .<br />

Hear, please,] (11) the prayer of [Your] ser[vant Levi . . . to do] (12) a True judgement for al[1 time . .<br />

. Do not remove] (13) the son of Your servant from [Your] pre[sence . . .] (14) <strong>The</strong>n I continued on . .<br />

. (15) to my father Jacob and whe[n . . .] (16) from Abel Mayin. <strong>The</strong>n (17) I lay down and I remained<br />

a[t Abel Mayin . . .] (18) <strong>The</strong>n I was shown visions . . . (19) in the vision of visions, and I saw<br />

Hea[ven opened and I saw the mountain] (20) beneath me, as high as to reach to Heav[en, and I was<br />

on it. <strong>The</strong>n were opened] (21) to me the gates of Heaven, and an Angel [spoke to me, 'Levi, enter. . .']<br />

Fragment 3 (1) . . . your priesthood above all flesh (2) [. . . And] I awoke from my sleep. <strong>The</strong>n (3) [I<br />

said, 'This is a vision, and thus I am amazed that I should have any vision at all.'] I [hid] this also in<br />

my heart; to no person did I (4) [reveal it. And we went to my (grand)father Isaac, and he also blessed<br />

me thus. <strong>The</strong>n, wh]en Jacob my father was tithing (5) [everything that he owned according to a vow<br />

made to God, for the first time I was at the head of the priest]s, and to me of (all) his sons he gave . . .<br />

Fragment 4 Column 1 (1) [And in the hundred and eighteenth year of my life, the year] in which died<br />

(2) [my brother Joseph, I called my children and their children and began to instruct] them (3)<br />

[concerning all that was in my heart. I said to my children, 'Listen] to the word (4) [of Levi your<br />

father, and pay heed to the instructions of God's friend.] I [instruct] you, (5) [my sons, and I reveal the<br />

Truth to you, my beloved. <strong>The</strong> essence] of each of your works (6) [must be Truth. May Righteousness<br />

always] re[main] with you, and Truth. (7) [<strong>The</strong>n you shall have a blessed and good [harvest.] He who<br />

sows Good reaps Good, (8) [while he who sows Evil,] his [sowing turns against him.] And now, my<br />

sons, [teach] Torah, its interpretation and Wisdom (9) [to your sons, and Wisdom shall be with you]<br />

as an eternal honor. He who teaches Wisdom (10) [will find] honor [therein. He who despises<br />

Wisdom] will be given [to con]tempt and disdain. Observe, my sons, (11) [Joseph my brother, who<br />

taught Torah and interpretation and Wisdom. (He received) honor and became a great man, both to<br />

kings (12) . . . Do not exchange Wisdom for a teacher (13) . . . a foreigner. He who teaches Wisdom,<br />

all (14) [the days of his life shall be long, and his reputat]ion [shall grow great.] In every land and<br />

country to which he goes (15) [he has a brother, and is not like a stranger] in it, nor like a foreigner in<br />

it, neither (16) [is he like an unfamiliar person there. For all give him honor there, because everyone<br />

wants (17) [to learn from his Wisdom.] His [friends] are numerous, and many seek his welfare. (18)<br />

[<strong>The</strong>y seat him on the seat of honor, in order] to hear his words of Wisdom. (19) [Wisdom is a great<br />

richness of honor for] those who know it, and it is a treasure (20) [for everyone who possesses it. If]<br />

migh[t]y [kings come] with a [great] (and) powerful army . . .<br />

Fragment 4 Column 2 (1) (they will not find) its hidden places, and they shall not enter its gates, nor .<br />

. . (2) will they be able to conquer its walls. And not . . . (3) they will see its fodder, its treasure that<br />

does [not] . . . (4) for which there is [n]o price . . . [Any man] (5) who seeks Wisdo[m, Wisdom [will<br />

find] him . . . [it will not] (6) be hidden from him . . . (7) and not la[c]king . . . all who see[k] (8) in<br />

Truth . . . Torah and interpretation, (9) Wi[sd]om that [they] teach . . . they are two (10) . . . great. You<br />

will give (11) [. . . h]onor . . . (12) Also in books (13) [. . . you will b]e leaders and judges (14) . . . and<br />

servants (15) . . . also priests and kings (16) . . . your Kingdom (17) will 1[ast forever . . . there will be<br />

no end (18) . . . [the Kingdom will not] pass away from you until (19) . . . in great honor.<br />

Fragment 5 (1) [. . . y]ou will be darkened . . . (2) did not [E]noch complain . . . (3) Noah, and upon<br />

whom does the guilt fall? . . . (4) is it not upon me and upon you, my sons? Now, you know (5) . . . the

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