Serekh Hayahad (The Rule of the Community) "10 Commandments"

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1 but he has showered on us his merciful favour for ever and ever And the priests will bless all 
2 the men of God’s lot who walk unblemished in all his paths and they shall say: May he bless you with everything good, 
3 and may he protect you from everything bad. May he illuminate your heart with the discernment of life and grace you with eternal knowledge. 
4 May he lift upon you the countenance of his favour for eternal peace. And the levites shall curse all the men of 
5 of the lot of Belial. They shall begin to speak and shall say: Accursed are you for all your wicked, blameworthy deeds. May he (God) hand you over to dread 
6 into the hands of all those carrying out acts of vengeance. 
7 Accursed, without mercy, for the darkness of your deeds, and sentenced 
8 to the gloom of everlasting fire. May God not be merciful when you entreat him, nor pardon you when you do penance for your faults. 
9 May he lift the countenance of his anger to avenge himself on you, and may there be no peace for you in the mouth of those who intercede)). 
10 And all those who enter the covenant shall say, after those who pronounce blessings and those who pronounce curses: «Amen, Amen». 
11 Blank And the priests and the levites shall continue, saying: Cursed by the idols which his heart reveres 
12 whoever enters this covenant leaving his guilty obstacle in front of himself to fall over it. 
13 When he hears the words of this covenant, he will congratulate himself in his heart, saying: ‘I will have peace, 
14 in spite of my walking in the stubbornness of my heart’. However, his spirit will be obliterated, the dry with the moist, mercilessly. 
15 May God’s anger and the wrath of his verdicts consume him for everlasting destruction. 
16 May all the curses of this covenant stick fast to him. May God segregate him for evil, and may he be cut off from the midst of all the sons of light because of his straying from following God 
17 on account of his idols and his blameworthy obstacle. May he assign his lot with the cursed ones for ever». 
18 And all those who enter the covenant shall begin speaking and shall say after them: «Amen, Amen». Blank 
19 Blank They shall act in this way year after year, all the days of Belial’s dominion. The priests shall enter 
20 the Rule foremost, one behind the other, according to their spirits. And the levites shall enter after them. 
21 In third place all the people shall enter the Rule, one after another, in thousands, hundreds, 
22 fifties and tens, so that all the children of Israel may know their standing in God’s Community 
23 in conformity with the eternal plan. And no one shall move down from his rank nor move up from the place of his lot. 
24 For all shall be in a single Community of truth, of proper meekness, of compassionate love and upright purpose, 
25 towards each other in the holy council, associates of an everlasting society. And anyone who declines to enter [the covenant of Go]d in order to walk in the stubbornness of his heart shall not [enter the Comjmunity of his truth, since 

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1 in his soul loathes the restraints of knowledge of just judgment. He has not remained constant in the transformation of his life and shall not be counted with the upright. 
2 His knowledge, his energy and his wealth shall not enter the council of the Community because he ploughs] in the slime of irreverence and there are stains 
3 on his conversion. He shall not be justified while he maintains the stubbornness of his heart, since he regards darkness as paths to light. In the source of the perfect 
4 he shall not be counted. He will not become clean by the acts of atonement, nor shall he be purified by the cleansing waters, nor shall he be made holy by the seas 
5 or rivers, nor shall he be purified by all the water of the ablutions. Defiled, defiled shall he be all the days he spurns the decrees 
6 of God, without allowing himself to be taught by the Community of his counsel. For, by the spirit of the true counsel concerning the paths of man all 
7 his sins are atoned so that he can look at the light of life. And by the spirit of holiness which links him with his truth he is cleansed of all 
8 his sins. And by the spirit of uprightness and of humility his sin is atoned. And by the compli- ance of his soul with all the laws of God his flesh 
9 is cleansed by being sprinkled with cleansing waters and being made holy with the waters of repentance. May he, then, steady his steps in order to walk with perfection 
10 on all the paths of God, conforming to all he has decreed concerning the regular times of his commands and not turn aside, either left or right, nor 
11 infringe even one of his words. In this way he w ill be admitted by means of atonement pleas- ing to God, and for him it w ill be the covenant 
12 of an everlasting Community. Blank 
13 Blank For the wise man, that he may inform and teach all the sons of light about the history of all the sons of man, 
14 concerning all the ranks of their spirits, in accordance with their signs, concerning their deeds and their generations, and concerning the visitation of their punishment and 
15 the moment of their reward. From the God of knowledge stems all there is and all there shall be. Before they existed he made all their plans 
16 and when they came into being they will execute all their works in compliance with his in- structions, according to his glorious design without altering anything. In his hand are 
17 the laws of all things and he supports them in all their needs. He created man to rule 
18 the world and placed within him two spirits so that he would walk with them until the moment of his visitation: they are the spirits of truth and of deceit. 
20 In the hand of the Prince of Lights is dominion over all the sons of justice; they walk on paths of light. And in the hand of the An- gel 
21 of Darkness is total dominion over the sons of deceit; they walk on paths of darkness. Due to the Angel of Darkness 
22 all the sons of justice stray, and all their sins, their iniquities, their failings and their mutinous deeds are under his dominion 
23 in compliance with the mysteries of God, until his moment; and all their punishments and their periods of grief are caused by the dominion of his enmity; 
24 and all the spirits of their lot cause the sons of light to fall. However, the God of Israel and the angel of his truth assist all 
25 the sons of light. He created the spirits of light and of darkness and on them established all his deeds 
26 [on their paths all his labours <and on their paths [all] his [labours.]). God loved one of them for all 

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1 eternal ages and in all his deeds he takes pleasure for ever; of the other one he detests his advice and hates all his paths forever. Blank 
2 Blank These are their paths in the world: to enlighten the heart of man, straighten out in front of him all the paths of justice and truth, establish in his heart respect for the precepts 
3 of God; it is a spirit of meekness, of patience, generous compassion, eternal goodness, intelligence, understanding, potent wisdom which trusts in all 
4 the deeds of God and depends on his abundant mercy; a spirit of knowledge in all the plans of action, of enthusiasm for the decrees of justice, 
5 of holy plans with firm purpose, of generous compassion with all the sons of truth, of magnificent purity which detests all unclean idols, of unpretentious behaviour 
6 with moderation in everything, of prudence in respect of the truth concerning the mysteries of knowledge. These are the counsels of the spirit for the sons of truth in the world. And the visitation of whose who walk in it will be for healing, 
7 plentiful peace in a long life, fruitful offspring with all everlasting blessings, eternal enjoyment with endless life, and a crown of glory 
8 with majestic raiment in eternal light. Blank 
9 Blank However, to the spirit of deceit belong greed, frailty of hands in the service of justice, irreverence, deceit, pride and haughtiness of heart, dishonesty, trickery, cruelty, 
10 much insincerity, impatience, much insanity, impudent enthusiasm, appalling acts performed in a lustful passion, filthy paths for indecent purposes, 
11 blasphemous tongue, blindness of eyes, hardness of hearing, stiffness of neck, hardness of heart in order to walk in all the paths of darkness and evil cunning. And the visitation 
12 of those who walk in it will be for a glut of punishments at the hands of all the angels of destruction, for eternal damnation for the scorching wrath of the God of revenge, for permanent error and shame 
13 without end with the humiliation of destruction by the fire of the dark regions. And all the ages of their generations they shall spend in bitter weeping and harsh evils in the abysses of darkness until 
14 their destruction, without there being a remnant or a survivor among them. Blank 
15 Blank In these lies the history of all men; in their (two) divisions all their armies have a share by their generations; in their paths they walk; every deed 
16 they do falls into their divisions, dependent on what might be the birthright of the man, great or small, for all eternal time. For God has sorted them into equal parts until the 
17 last day and has put an everlasting loathing between their divisions. Deeds of injustice are an abhorrence to truth and all the paths of truth are an abhorrence to injustice. There exists a violent 
18 conflict in respect of all his decrees since they do not walk together. God, in the mysteries of his knowledge and in the wisdom of his glory, has determined an end to the existence of injustice and on the occasion 
19 of his visitation he will obliterate it for ever. Meanwhile, truth shall rise up forever in the world which has been defiled in paths of wickedness during the dominion of injustice until 
20 the time appointed for judgment. Meanwhile, God will refine, with his truth, all man’s deeds, and will purify for himself the configuration of man, ripping out all spirit of injustice from the innermost part 
21 of his flesh, and cleansing him with the spirit of holiness from every irreverent deed. He will sprinkle over him the spirit of truth like lustral water (in order to cleanse him) from all the abhorrences of deceit and from the defilement 
22 of the unclean spirit. In this way the upright will understand knowledge of the Most High, and the wisdom of the sons of heaven will teach those of perfect behaviour. For these are those selected by God for an everlasting covenant 
23 and to them shall belong all the glory of Adam. There will be no more injustice and all the deeds of trickery will be a dishonour. Until now the spirits of truth and of injustice feud in the heart of man 
24 and they walk in wisdom or in folly. In agreement with man’s birthright in justice and in truth, so he abhors injustice; and according to his share in the lot of injustice he acts irreverently in it and so 
25 abhors the truth. For God has sorted them into equal parts until the appointed end and the new creation. He knows the result of his deeds for all times 
26 [everlasting and has given them as a legacy to the sons of men so that they know good [and evil], so they decide the lot of every living being in compliance with the spirit there is in him [at the time of] the visitation. 

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1 Blank This is the rule for the men of the Community who freely volunteer to convert from all evil and to keep themselves steadfast in all he prescribes in compliance with his will. They should keep apart from 
2 men of sin in order to constitute a Community in law and possessions, and acquiesce to the authority of the sons of Zadok, the priests who safeguard the covenant and to the authority of the multitude of the men 
3 of the Community, those who persevere steadfastly in the covenant. By its authority, decision by lot shall be made in every affair involving the law, property and judgment, to achieve together truth and humility, 
4 justice and uprightness, compassionate love and seemly behaviour in all their paths. No-one should walk in the stubbornness of his heart in order to go astray following his heart 
5 and his eyes and the musings of his inclination. Instead he should circumcise in the Community the foreskin of his tendency and of his stiff neck in order to lay a foundation of truth for Israel, for the Community of the eternal 
6 covenant. They should make atonement for all who freely volunteer for holiness in Aaron and for the house of truth in Israel and for those being entered together for the Community for the lawsuit and for the judgment. 
7 They should proclaim as guilty all those who sabotage the decree. These are the regulations of behaviour concerning all these decrees when they are enrolled in the Community. Whoever enters the council of the Community 
8 enters the covenant of God in the presence of all who freely volunteer. He shall swear with a binding oath to revert to the Law of Moses with all that it decrees, with whole 
9 heart and whole soul, in compliance with all that has been revealed concerning it to the sons of Zadok, the priests who keep the covenant and interpret his will and to the multitude of the men of their covenant 
10 who freely volunteer together for this truth and to walk according to his will. He should swear by the covenant to be segregated from all the men of sin who walk 
11 along paths of irreverence. For they are not included in his covenant since they have neither sought nor examined his decrees in order to learn the hidden matters in which they err 
12 by their own fault and because they treated revealed matters with disrespect; this is why wrath will rise up for judgment in order to effect revenge by the curses of the covenant, in order to administer fierce 
13 punishments for everlasting annihilation without there being any remnant. Blank He should not go into the waters to share in the pure food of the men of holiness, for they have not been cleansed 
14 unless they turn away from their wickedness, for it is unclean among all the transgressors of his word. No-one should associate with him in his work or in his possessions in order not to encumber him 
15 with blameworthy sin; rather he should remain at a distance from him in every task, for it is written as follows: ‘You shall remain at a distance from every lie’. None of the men 
16 of the Community should acquiesce to his authority in any law or regulation. No-one should eat of any of his possessions, or drink or accept anything from his hands, 
17 unless at its price, for it is written: ‘Shun the man whose breath is in his nostrils, for how much is he worth?’ For 
18 all those not numbered in his covenant will be segregated, they and all that belongs to them. No holy man should support himself on any deed of 
19 futility, for futile are all those who do not know the covenant. And all those who scorn his word he shall cause to vanish from the world; all his deeds are uncleanness 
20 before him and there is uncleanness in all his possessions. And when someone enters the covenant to behave in compliance with all these decrees, enrolling in the assembly of holiness, they shall test 
21 their spirits in the Community (discriminating) between a man and his fellow, in respect of his insight and of his deeds in law, under the authority of the sons of Aaron, those who freely volunteer in the Community to set up 
22 his covenant and to follow all the decrees which he commanded to fulfil, and under the authority of the majority of Israel, those who freely volunteer to return within the Community to his covenant. 
23 And they shall be recorded in the Rule, each one before his fellow, according to his insight and his deeds, in such a way that each one obeys his fellow, junior under senior. 
24 And their spirit and their deeds must be tested, year after year, in order to upgrade each one to the extent of his insight and the perfection of his path, or to demote him according to his failings. Each should reproach 
25 his fellow in truth, in meekness and in compassionate love for the man. Blank No-one should speak to his brother in anger or muttering, 
26 or with a hard [neck or with passionate] spiteful intent and he should not detest him [in the stubbornness] of his heart, but instead reproach him that day so as not