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IX. 4–9. Foundation of the Zadokite Party and its Expectations: the Law, the Prophets, and the Messiah.
4 When the two houses of Israel separated, [Ephraim departed from Judah, and] all who proved faithless were delivered to the sword, and those who held fast escaped into the land of the North. 5 As He said, ‘And I will cause to go into captivity Siccuth your King and Chiun your images, 6 〈the star of your god which ye made for yourselves〉 beyond Damascus.’ The books of the Law are the tabernacle of the King, as He said, ‘And I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is 7 fallen.’ The King is the congregation and Chiun the images are the books of the Prophets, whose 8 words Israel has despised. And the Star is he who studied the Law, who came to Damascus, as it is written, ‘There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel.’ The 9 sceptre is the prince of all the congregation.
IX. 10–20. The Messiah will destroy those who were faithless to the New Covenant: their moral Derelictions through Hellenizing Influences.
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10 And when he arises ‘he shall destroy all the sons of (battle) din’.... These shall escape during the period of the [first] visitation, but those who proved faithless shall be delivered to the sword.
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10 And ‘they that give heed unto Him are the poor of the flock’. These shall escape during the period of the visitation, but the rest shall be handed over to the sword when the Messiah comes from
Fragments of a Zadokite Work / Damascus Document — R. H. Charles (1913)
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Fragments of a Zadokite Work / Damascus Document — R. H. Charles (1913)