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Damascus Document (Zadokite Work) 18

Cairo Genizah

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And this is the regulation for the many in order to provide for all their needs.

2The wages of two days every month is the rule. And they shall give it into the hands of the Censor and the judges.

3From it they shall give… and from it they shall strengthen the hand of the poor and the needy.

4And to the aged man who… to the vagrant and him who was taken captive of a strange people.

5And to the virgin who has no dowry and to him whom no man careth for: every work… and not…

6And this is the explanation of the settlement…

7And this is the explanation of the judgments which…

8The Messiah from Aaron and Israel.

9And He will pardon our sins… in money and he shall know… punishment six days and who shall speak…

10against Moses…

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About Damascus Document (Zadokite Work)

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.