Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive
Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive
Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive
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'exact sense of the Law'. <strong>The</strong> actual words are: the Way 'is the study / interpretation of the Torah<br />
which He commanded by the hand of Moses that they should do according to all that has been<br />
revealed . . . as the Prophets have revealed by His Holy Spirit' (italics ours).<br />
This then ties all these documents and approaches together. Those, who in 1QS,viii.14's words<br />
'.separate from the habitation of the men of Evil and go out in the wilderness to prepare the Way of<br />
the Lord' (italics ours) are none other than the inhabitants of 'the camps' being addressed and<br />
described in the present text. <strong>The</strong> implications are quite startling and far-reaching. One thing is sure:<br />
one has in these texts a better exposition of what was really going on 'in the wilderness' in these times<br />
so pivotal for Western civilization than in any other parallel accounts.<br />
Translation<br />
[. . . before the Priest commanding] (1) the Many, and he freely accepted His judgement when He said<br />
by the hand (2) of Moses regar[ding] the person who sins inadvertently, 'let such a one bring (3) [his]<br />
sin offering [or] his guilt offering.' And concerning Israel it is written, 'I shall ascend (4) to [the<br />
Highest in Heaven, and there will not smell the fragrance of their offerings.' And in another place (5)<br />
it is written, 'return to God with weeping and fasting.' (5a) (In [anoth]er place it is written, 'rend your<br />
hearts and not your clothes.') As for every person who rejects these (6) Judgements (which are) in<br />
keeping with all the Laws found in the Torah of Moses, he will not be reckoned (7) among all the sons<br />
of His Truth, for his soul has rejected the Foundations of Righteousness. For rebellion, let him be<br />
expelled (8) from the presence of the Many. <strong>The</strong> Priest commanding the Many shall speak against<br />
him. He (the Priest) is to stand (9) and say, 'Blessed are You, You are all, everything is in Your hand