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English Translation of Damascus Document (Brit Damesek)
4Q271(Df)
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (1)
- ...with money...
- ...[his means did not] suffice to [return it to him] and the year [for
redemption approaches?]...
- ...and may God release him? from his sins. Let not [ ] in one, for
- it is an abomination....And concerning what he said (Lev. 25:14), ["When
you sell
- anything to or buy anything from] your neighbor, you shall not defraud one
another," this is the expli[cation...
- ...] everything that he knows that is found...
- ...and he knows that he is wronging him, whether it concerns man or beast.
And if
- [a man gives his daughter to another ma]n, let him disclose all her
blemishes to him, lest he bring upon himself the judgement
- [of the curse which is said (Deut. 27:18)] (of the one) that "makes the
blind to wander out of the way." Moreover, he should not give her to one unfit
for her, for
- [that is Kila'yim, (plowing with) o]x and ass and wearing wool and linen
together. Let no man bring
- [a woman into the holy] who has had sexual experience, whether she had
such experience
- [in the home] of her father or as a widow who had intercourse after she
was widowed. And any woman
- [upon whom] there is a bad name in her maidenhood in her father's home,
let no man take her, except
- [upon examination] by reliable [women] who have clear knowledge, by
command of the Supervisor over
- [the Many. After]ward he may take her, and when he takes her he shall act
in accordance with the law ...and he shall not tell...
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Transcription and translation by J. Baumgarten
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