Priestly Blessing Traditions from Qumran

Layer

Full Word of God

Collection

3.7 Qumran — The Wilderness Library

Classification

Qumran witness

Relationship to Scripture

Closely related · not in the Restored Bible

Priestly Blessing Traditions from Qumran

[Forms of the Aaronic blessing and its expansions as preserved among the scrolls.]

May the LORD bless you and keep you;

may the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;

may the LORD lift up his face toward you

and grant you peace.

And the expanded form spoken by the Instructor over the faithful: May the LORD bless you from his holy dwelling, and open for you the everlasting fountain that never fails; may he be gracious to you with the spirit of holiness and with knowledge, and guard you from all evil; may he lift up his merciful face toward you, for an everlasting peace. [Text missing]

And against the lot of Belial the Instructor would say: Cursed be you in all your guilty works of wickedness; may God make you a terror by the hand of those who take vengeance, and may no peace be yours by the mouth of all who hold the covenant. [Line damaged]

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