Dead Sea Scroll 4Q174 - 4QFlorilegium
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Column 1, Fragments 1-3
1 . . . [I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them in order that they may dwell there and no more be troubled by their] enemies. No son of iniquity [will afflict them again] as before, from the day that
2 [I set judges] over my people Israel 2 Sam 7:10. This is the house which [ in the] last days according as it is written in the book
3 [the sanctuary, O Lord,] which your hands have established, Yahweh shall reign for ever and ever Ex 15:17-18 This is the house in which [ ] shall not enter there
4 [f]orever, nor the Ammonite, the Moabite, nor the bastard, nor the foreigner, nor the stranger forever because there shall be the ones who bear the holy name
5 [f]orever. Continually it will appear above it. And strangers will no longer destroy it as they previously destroyed
6 the sanctuary of Israel because of its sins. He commanded that a sanctuary of men be built for himself in order to offer up to him like the smoke of incense
7 the works of the Law And according to his words to David, ("And I [will give] you [rest] from all your enemies" 2 Sam 7:11. This means that he will give them rest from a[ll]
8 the sons of Belial, who cause them to stumble to destroy them [ ] according as they come with a plan of [B]el[i]al to cause the s[ons of]
9 light to stumble, to think upon them wicked plans in order to deli[ver] his [s]oul to Belial in their w[ic]ked error.
10 [And] Yahweh has [de]clared to you that he will build you a house 2 Sam 7:11c-14. I will raise up your seed after you. I will establish the throne of his kingdom
11 f[orever]. I wi[ll be] a father to me and he shall be a son to me. He is the branch of David who will arise with the interpreter of the Law who
12 [ ] in Zi[on in the la]st days according as it is written: "I will raise up the tent of
13 David that has falle[n] Amos 9:11, who will arise to save Israel.
14 An in[ter]pretation of "Blessed is [the] man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked" Ps 1:1. Interpretation of the wor[d concerns] those who depart from the way [ ]
15 which is written in the Book of Isaiah the prophet for the last [d]ays, "It happened that with a strong [hand he turned me aside from walking on the path] of
16 this people" Isa 8:11. And they are those about whom it is written in the Book of Ezekiel the prophet, "[They should] not [defile themselves any longer with all]
17 their idols Ezek 37:23; see 44:10. These are the sons of Zadok and the m[e]n of his his cou[ns]el [ ] after them to the council of the community.
18 "[Why] do the nations [rag]e and the people im[agine] a vain thing? [Kings of the earth] ris[e up] and [and p]rinces conspire together against Yahweh and against [his anointed] Ps 2:1-2.
19 [In]terpretation of the saying [concerns na]tions and th[ey ] the chosen of Israel in the last days.
Column 2, Fragments 1-3
1 This is the time of the trial that c[omes J]udah to complete [ ]
2 Belial, and a remnant will remain [l]ot and they do all the Law [ ]
3 Moses. It is [ a]s it is written in the Book of Daniel, "The wicked [act wickedly]"
4 and the righteous [ shall be made wh]ite and be purified Dan 12:10 And a people who know God will remain strong [ ] . After [ ] which is for them [ ] in their descent.
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