Fragment 1
1 […] … and upon […] 2 […] … for the sake of your name, and … […] 3 […] Michael, [Gabriel, Sariel and Raphael …] 4 […] with the chosen ones of […]
Fragment 2
1 […] … […] 2 [… who] is with him […] 3 […] … […]
Fragment 3
1 […] … […] 2 […] the Levites and [trumpets …] 3 [… the ram’s] horn to sound the alarm with them […] 4 […] … the Kittim, he will despise them […] 5 […] … […]
Fragment 4
1 […] … wickedness will be struck down […] 2 [… the Prince] of the Congregation and all Israel […] 3 [… as it is] written [in the book of Ezekiel the prophet, “I will strike your bow from your left hand] 4 [and make your arrows drop from your right hand.] On the mountains of [Israel you will fall, you and all your troops …”] 5 [… the king of the] Kittim and … […] 6 [… and the Prince] of the Congregation [will pursue them] as far as the [Great] Sea […] 7 [… and they will flee] away from Israel at that time […] 8 [… and] he will stand against them, and they will be stirred up against them […] 9 […] … and they will return to the dry land at that time […] 10 […] and they will bring him before the Prince of [the Congregation …]
Fragment 5
1 […] not […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 6
1 […] they will see […] 2 […] … those who come into […] 3 […] … they will set out [toward …] 4 […] night […] 5 […] upon him […]
Fragment 7
1 [… as it is written in the book of] Isaiah the prophet, “And there will be cut down 2 [the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon by a mighty one will] fall. A shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, 3 [and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.” …] the Branch of David. And they will enter into judgment with 4 […] … and the Prince of the Congregation will put him to death, the Branch 5 [of David … with blow]s and with wounds. And a priest will command 6 [of renown … the slain] of the Kittim …
Fragment 8
1 [… and he will bless them in the name of the God of Israel, and he will answer] 2 [and say] before [all the children of] Israel, [“Blessed are you in the name of God Most High …] 3 [and blessed be his holy name] for ever and ever, [and blessed … and blessed] 4 [be all his holy angels. May] God [Most High bless] you [and make his face shine upon you, and may he open] 5 [for you his] good [treasury that is] in heaven, to [bring down on your land showers of blessing,] 6 [dew and] rain, early rain and late rain in its season, and to give [you fruit, the produce of grain,] 7 [new wine and] oil in abundance, and the land will [yield] for [you delightful fruit. And you will eat] 8 [and grow fat]. And there will be no miscarriage [in your land], and no [sickness, blight or mildew] 9 will be seen in its harvests, [and there will be] no plague at all [or stumbling in your congregation, and wild beasts will cease] 10 from the land, and there will be no pestilence [in your land]. For God is [with you, and his holy angels stand in your congregation, and his] 11 holy [name] is called over [you …] … […] 12 for the Community, and in your midst […]
Fragment 9
1 […] year, and all […] 2 […] the time of the end … […] 3 […] … which […] 4 […] and Torah […]
Fragment 10
1 […] … […] 2 […] from the midst of [the] congregation […] 3 [… forsaking] wealth [and] unjust gain […] 4 […] … and you will eat … […] 5 […] for them graves […] 6 […] … their slain […] 7 [… those who turn from] iniquity will return […] 8 […] with compassion and […] 9 […] and Israel … […] 10 […] … and … […]
Intertextual Commentary on 4Q285
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