Damascus Document

Damascus Document, CD-A column 14, Schechter 1910 English

|| that have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah. And all they who walk in these | the covenant of God *is steadfast to them to save them from all the snares of the pit, for suddenly... | *And this is the usage of the settlement of all the camps. They shall be counted all by their names, the Priests first, | the Levites second, the children of Israel third, and the proselyte fourth. And they shall be recorded by their names | one after another, the Priests first, the Levites second, the children of Israel third, and the proselyte fourth. And so they shall be seated and so they shall ask for everything. And the Priest who will count | *the many shall be from thirty years old and upwards until sixty years old learned in the book... | in all the laws of the Torah to *speak them according to their rules. And the Censor who is | over all the camps shall be from thirty years old and upwards until fifty years old *married in all | counsel of men, and in every tongue...According to his word shall come in they who enter the Congregation | every man his share. And everything concerning which any man shall have to speak he shall speak to the Censor, | with regard to any controversy or suit. And this is the usage of the many to prepare all their needs. The amount | of their offerings *are for every moon...And they shall give it into the hands of the Censor and the judges. | From it they shall give for the *poor and from it they shall strengthen the *hand of the poor and the needy. And to the aged man who | ...to the man who *wanders and to him who was *captured by a strange people, and to the virgin who | ...*he who has none seeking after him all the labour...and not... | And this is the explanation of the settlement... ... | And this is the explanation of the judgments which... | Aaron and Israel and he will forgive our sins... | in money and he knows... | ...punishment six days and he that speaketh... | against Moses... |