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lood of her purification. [She should touch] no Holy thing [and should not enter the Temple.]
Fragment 4 (1) [. . . If a man strikes another] in the eye, [and he is bedridden, but gets up and walks
around (2) outside on his staff, the one who struck him will merely] compensate [him for his]
con[valescence and his medi]cal expenses. (3) [If a bull gores a man or wo]man, the bull will be
killed. He will stone it, (4) [and not eat its meat, and the bull's owner shall be blameless. But if the
bull had gored previously (5) [and the owner had been apprised, but he had not kept it (penned up);
and it kills a m]an or a woman, (6) [the bull will be stoned, and its owner will be put to death as well .
. . .]
Fragment 5 (1) [. . . grain, new wine, or fresh oil, unless [the priest has waved it . . .] (2) their early
produce, the frst fruits. And a man should not delay (giving) the full measure, for . . . (3) is the
firstfruit of the full measure. [And the] grain is the offering . . . [And the bread of] (4) the firstfruits is
the leavened bread that they bring [on] the day of the [firstfruits . . .] (5) are the firstfruits. A man
should not eat the new wheat . . . (6) until the day he brings the bread of the firstfruits. He should
not...
Fragment 6 (2) . . . he should not . . . (3) [. . . the grain offering of the tithe is for [the priest . . .] (4) [. .
. the firstborn of a ma]n or uncle[an] cattle [he should redeem] (5) [. . . the firstborn of a man or
unclean cattle (6) . . . the flock, and the sanctuary, from (7) [. . . i]t is like the firstborn, and the
produce of a tree (8) [. . . in the first [year], and the olive tree in the fourth year (9) [. . . and the heave
offering; everything that is set apart for (the support of) the priesthood
Fragment 7 (1) Concerning immoral unions . . . (2) A man should not marry his si[ster, the daughter
of his father or the daughter of his mother . . . A man should not marry] (3) the daughter of his brother
or the daughter of his si[ster. . . He should not uncover] (4) the nakedness of the sister of his fa[ther or
the sister of his mother. Nor should a woman be given to the brother of] (5) her father or to the brother
of her mother [to be his wife . . .] (6) A man should not uncover the nakedness of . . . (7) A man
should not take the daughter of . . .
38. Mourning, Seminal Emissions, Etc. (Purity Laws Type A - 4Q274) (Plate 18)
The contents of this manuscript are remarkable, discussing issues not previously found in any Qumran
text. All have to do with matters of ceremonial purity and impurity in accordance with stipulations set
forth in legal portions of the Bible. A number of the matters considered here involve impurities that
require a seven-day period of purification. Provisions are made for mourners to dwell apart in a
special place during the days of their impurity, apparently acquired from contact with the corpse of a
loved one. The text stipulates that such people and others, suffering from Levitical uncleanness of
various sorts, are to dwell to the north-west of the nearest habitations - a law reminiscent of the
placement of the latrine in the Temple Scroll (11QT, xlvi.13-16). The rationale for the north-westerly
situation of impure places is still unclear, though the fact of the Temple being north-west of a 'camp'
such as that which may have been at Qumran could have something to do with it, i.e. such people
were to walk in the direction of the Temple.
Several lines concern women during menstruation. These women are not to 'mingle', but it does not