dssdead-sea-scrolls
A — The Rules
Chapter 3
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Formerly known as 4QTohorot D a, this fragment is one of three small scraps which have partly preserved the division of the Community into four lots or classes, already known from CD XIV, 5-6, viz. Priests, Levites, Israelites and Proselytes. For the editio princeps, see P. S. Alexander and G. Vermes, DJD, XXVI, 217-23.
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.. The first lot belongs to the Priests, the sons of Aaron and the second lot to the Levites ranked in order each according to his spirit. And the third lot will belong to the children of Israel in order each according to his spirit. And the fourth lot will belong to the Proselytes..
