Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

Translation
Fragment 1 Column 1 (1) . . . to show it forth from the East (2) . . . in the midst of Heaven, in the
foundation of (3) . . . from evening until morning. On the fourth, on the sabbath, (4) the sons of Gamul
(shall serve), in the first month, in the first (5) year. (6) [The fifth day of the course of Jedai]ah = the
twenty-ninth day (of the lunar month) = the thirtieth day (of the solar month) in it (i.e., in the first
month of the solar year). (7) [The Sabbath of Hak]koz (i.e., when the course rotates in; it does not
serve until the following sabbath) = the thirtieth = the thirtieth in the second month. (8) [The second
of Elia]shib = the twenty-ninth = the twenty-ninth in the third month. (9) [The third of Bilg]ah = the
thirtieth = the twenty-ninth in the fourth month (Note: this is a scribal error; the correct equivalence is
the twenty-eighth). (10) [The third of Petha]hiah = the twenty-ninth = the twenty-seventh in the fifth
month. (11) [The sixth of Deliah] = the thirtieth = the twenty-seventh in the sixth month. (12) [The
Sabbath of Seori]m = the twenty-ninth = the twenty-fifth in the seventh month. (13) [The second of
Abijah = the thirtieth] = the twenty-fifth in the eighth month. (14) [The third of Jakim = the twenty-
[nin]th = the twenty-fourth in the ninth month.
Fragment 1 Column 2 (1) The fifth of Immer = the thirtieth = the twenty-third in the tenth month. (2)
The sixth of Jehezkel =the twentyninth = the twenty-second in the eleven[th] month. (3) The first in
Jehoiarib = the thirtieth = the twenty-second in the twelfth month. (4) The second year: (5) The
second of Malakiah (sic!) =the twenty-ninth = the twentieth of the first month. (6) The fourth of
Jeshua = the thirtieth = the twentieth of the second month. (7) The fifth of Huppah = the twenty-ninth
= the nineteenth of [the sixth month.] (8) The Sabbath of Happizzez = the thirtieth = the eighteenth of
the fou[rth month.] (9) The first of Gamul = the twenty-[ninth = the seventeenth of the fifth month.]
(10) The third of Jedaiah = the thirtieth = [the seventeenth of the sixth month.] (11) The fourth of
Mijamin = the twenty-[nin]th [= the fifteenth of the seventh month.] (12) The sixth of Shecaniah = the
thin[ieth = the fifteenth of the eighth month.] (13) The Sabbath of Bil[gah = the twenty-ninth = the
fourteenth of the ninth month.] (14) [The second of Pethahiah = the thirtieth = the thirteenth of the
tenth month.]
Fragment 1 Column 3 (1) [The third of Delaiah = the twenty-ninth = the twelfth of the eleventh
month. (2) The fifth of Harim = the thirtieth = the twelfth of the twelfth month. (3) The third year: (4)
The fifth of Hakkoz = the twenty-ninth = the twentieth of the first month. (5) The first of Jakim = the
thirtieth = the tenth of the second month. (6) The second of Immer = the twenty-ninth = the ninth of
the third month. (7) The fourth of Jehezkel = the thirtieth = the eighth of the fourth month. (8) The
fifth of Maaziah = the twenty-ninth = the seventh of the fifth month. (9) The Sabbath of Malakiah =