“... Moreover, the first section quoted in this text comes from Dt 5: 28-29, which de facto has no more messianic import than the 4QPsalms of Joshua. But it is closely joined to Dt 18: 18-19 in the first paragraph (note the paragraph dividers on the plate published by Allegro). Mgr P. W. Skehan is quoted as saying that 'the combination of Dt 18: 18-19 with Dt 5: 28-29 is already found in the Samaritan Pentateuch at Ex 20:21'. This fact likewise explains the first few words of the fragment, [...] 'And (Yahweh) spoke to Moses saying'. They differ from the introductory formula of Dt 5: 28, [...] which Allegro thinks has been changed 'for the purpose of the Testimonia selection'. As a matter of fact, the introductory phrase found in 4QTestimonia is identical with that used in the Samaritan Hebrew Pentateuch at Ex 20: 21 b [...]. That there is some connection here between this text and the Samaritan Pentateuch is obvious, even though we have not yet discovered just what it is. At any rate, the close joining of the two passages of Deuteronomy in one paragraph shows that they were regarded as a unit, which ends with the promise of a prophet to come. ...”

“... One of the first scrolls published, the Community Rule or Manual of Discipline (1QS) contains a famous passage, which is widely regarded as a summary of the messianic expectations of the Qumran sect: "They shall depart from none of the counsels of the Law to walk in the stubbornness of their hearts, but shall be ruled by the primitive precepts in which the men of the Community were first instructed until there shall come the Prophet and the Messiahs of Aaron and Israel" (1QS 9:11). The scriptural underpinning for this expectation was found in the Testimonia (4Q175), which strings together a series of biblical passages without interpretation: Exod 20:21 (Samaritan text = Deut 5:28-29 + Deut 18:18-19) promises that "I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren"; Num 24:15-17 (Balaam's oracle about the star and the scepter); Deut 33:8-11 (the blessing of Levi); and a passage from the Psalms of Joshua, including Josh 6:26 ("Cursed be the man who rebuilds this city"), which refers to "an accursed man, a man of Belial." The passages from Exodus 20 (Samaritan text = Deuteronomy 18), Numbers 24 and Deuteronomy 33 have usually been understood with reference to the prophet and messiahs of Israel and Aaron, respectively. ...”