The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
And on the standard of Merari they shall write, 'The offering of God,' and the name of the chieftain of Merari and the names of the commanders of its thousands [...] And on the standard of the [thousand] they shall write, 'The wrath of God, in fury, against'
Belial and against all the men of his lot, leaving no remnant,' and the name of the commander of the thousand and the names of the commanders of its hundreds [...] And on the standard of the hundred they shall write, 'From'
God comes the hand of war against all sinful flesh,' and the name of the commander of the hundred and the names of the commanders of its tens [...] And on the standard of the fifty they shall write, 'The standing'
of the wicked has ceased [by] the might of God,' and the name of the commander of the fifty and the names of the commanders of its tens [...] on the standard of the ten they shall write, 'The joyful shouts of'
God with the ten-stringed harp,' and the name of the commander of the ten and the names of the nine men of his assignment [...]
And when they go out to war they shall write on their standards, 'Truth of God, Righteousness of God, Glory of God, Justice of God,' and after them all the exact wording of their names [...]
And when they draw near for battle they shall write on their standards, 'Right hand of God, Appointed time of God, Tumult of God, Slain of God,' and after them all the exact wording of their names [...]
And when they return from the battle they shall write on their standards, 'Exaltation of God, Greatness of God, Praise of God, Glory of God,' with all the exact wording of their names [...]
The Rule of the standards of the congregation [...] when they go out to war they shall write on the first standard, 'Congregation of God' [...] on the second standard, 'Camps of God' [...] on the third
'Tribes of God' [...] on the fourth, 'Clans of God' [...] on the fifth, 'Divisions of God' [...] on the sixth, 'Assembly of God' [...] on the seventh, 'Those called of'
'God' [...] on the eighth, 'Hosts of God' [...] and the exact wording of their names they shall write with all their order [...] And when they draw near for battle they shall write on their standards
'War of God, Vengeance of God, Cause of God, Recompense of God, Power of God, Retributions of God, Might of God, Destruction of God, against all the nations of vanity' [...] and all the exact wording of
their names they shall write upon them [...] And when they return from the battle they shall write on their standards, 'Salvations of God, Victory of God, Help of God, Support of'
God, Joy of God, Thanksgivings of God, Praise of God, Peace of God' [...]
[The length] [of] [the] [standards] [...] the standard of the whole congregation, its length fourteen cubits [...] the standard of [the three] [tribes], [its length] [thirteen] cubits [...]
[The standard] [of] [the] tribe, twelve cubits [...] the standard of the myriad, eleven cubits [...] [the standard] [of] [the] [thousand], [ten] cubits [...] [the standard] [of] [the] [hundred], nine cubits [...]
[The standard] [of] [the] [fifty], [eight] cubits [...] the standard of the ten, [seven] cubits [...]
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