54 They shall rejoice and be glad,
And their heart shall exult,
And they shall make themselves strong against all the children of the world,
And God will pardon them
And they shall see His salvation;
For they trust in His holy name.
Text A.
X. 1-6. A man is not to avenge himself or bear a Grudge.
10 1 Every man who puts under the ban a man [amongst men] according to the ordinances of the Gentiles is to be put to death: 2 And as for that which He hath said: ‘Thou shalt not take vengeance nor bear a grudge against the children of thy people,’ every man of those who have entered into the covenant, who brings a charge against his neighbour whom he had not rebuked before witnesses, and yet brings it in his fierce wrath or recounts (it) to his elders in order to bring him into contempt, 3 is taking vengeance and bearing a grudge.
But naught is written save that, ‘He taketh vengeance 4 on His adversaries, and He beareth a grudge against His enemies.’ If he held his peace with regard to him from day to day, but in his fierce wrath spake against him in a matter of death, he hath testified against himself because he did not give effect to the commandment of God, Who said to him, 5,6‘ Thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour and not bear sin because of him.’ As regards the oath, touching that which He said ‘ Thou shalt not avenge thee with thine own hand’, the man who makes (another man) swear in the open field—that is, not in the presence of the judges, or owing to their commands—hath avenged himself with his own hand.
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)