Damascus Document

Regulations for the camps; the Star and the Scepter prophecy

1He that cometh up from this shall be caught by that, and he that escapeth from this shall be caught by that. VIL. 1-7. The Sin of Fornication. Divorce forbidden. The builders of the wall who walk after law—the law it is which talks, of which He said: Assuredly they shall talk—are caught [by two] by fornication in taking two wives during their life2,3time. But the fundamental principle of the creation is ‘Male and Female created He them.’ And 4 they who went into the Ark, ‘ Two and two went into the Ark.’ And as to the prince it is written, 5 ‘He shall not multiply wives unto himself.’ But David read not in the Book of the Law that was sealed, which was in the Ark; for it was not opened in Israel from the day of the death of Eleazar and

4Aforetime God visited their works, And His wrath was kindled because of their devices.

6Joshua, and the Elders who served Ashtaroth. And it was hidden (and was not) discovered until He who comes near them shall not be innocent : He that chooseth them shall be held guilty [unless he was forced]. °

7Zadok arose. Now they glorified the deeds of David save only the blood of Uriah, and God fabandoned them to himf. VII. 8-18. The Sin of polluting the Sanctuary.

8And they also pollute the Sanctuary since they separate not according to the Law, and lie with 9 her who sees the blood of her issue. And they take (to wife) each his brother’s daughter or his the pollution of the Sanctuary. I have here, of course, followed

9For aforetime arose Moses and Aaron through the prince of the Lights, But Belial raised Jochanneh and his brother with his evil device when the former delivered Israel.

11tosister's daughter. But Moses said ‘Thou shalt not approach thy mother’s sister: she is thy 11 mother’s near kin’. So the law of intercourse for males is written, and the same law holds for females; and let not the daughter of the brother uncover the nakedness of the brother of her father: he is near of kin.

12They also polluted their holy spirit and with a tongue of blasphemies they opened the mouth 13 against the statutes of the covenant of God, saying: They are not established. But abominations they speak regarding them.

14They are all ‘kindlers of fire And setters aflame of firebrands’ : 3 ‘The webs of spiders’ are their weavings And ‘the eggs of cockatrices’ are their eggs: (

18For ‘it is a people of no understanding’: * They are a nation void of counsel,’ [Because there is no understanding in them]. I