Damascus Document

Hidden things revealed; the well of abundant water (vv. 1-6)

1But with them that held fast by the commandments of God, [Who were left of them], God confirmed the covenant of Israel for ever, Revealing unto them the hidden things Wherein all Israel had erred :

2His holy Sabbaths and His glorious festivals, His righteous testimonies and His true ways, And the desires of His will [the which if a man do, he shall live by them] He opened before them.

3And they digged a well of many waters: And he that despises them shall not live.

4But they wallowed in the transgression of man, And in the ways of the unclean woman, And they said that fit belongs to usf.

5But God wondrously pardoned their sins, And forgave their transgression, forsook the covenant of God: And they chose their own will. And He built them a sure house in Israel [the like of which never arose from of old nor until this day].

6They who hold fast to Him are for the life of eternity, And all the glory of man is for them ; As God confirmed it to them through Ezekiel the prophet, saying : ‘The priests and the Levites and the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of My Sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from them, they shall bring near unto Me fat and blood,’ VI. Migration of the Penitents to Damascus. Sons of Zadok hold office in the end of the Days, 1-3. Law to be obeyed and relations with Fudah broken off in the Period in which Belial is let loose, 4-12. 1