Damascus Document

The evil inclination; fall of the Watchers; Noah's sons (vv. 1-9)

1Now therefore, children, hearken unto me, And I will open your eyes to see, And to understand the works of God. And to choose what He approveth, And to reject what He hateth : To walk uprightly in all His ways, And not to go about in the thoughts of an evil imagination And (with) eyes (full) of fornication. and Israelites exactly as in our text. According to Taanith 15 4 these men had to arrange the proper prayers for the various days in order that the sacrifices might be favourably received. The head of this body was called For many were led astray by them, And mighty men of valour stumbled by them from of old [and until this day]. Because they walked in the stubbornness of their heart the watchers of heaven fell. By them were they caught because they kept not the commandment of God. And their children whose height was like the loftiness of the cedars And whose bodies were like the mountains fell thereby. All flesh that was on dry land perished thereby, And they were as though they had not been. Because they did their own will, And kept not the commandment of their Maker, Until His wrath was kindled against them. By them went astray the sons of Noah and their families: Because of them they were cut off. ‘God created‏ =