1 whether blaspheming, or overwhelmed by misfortune or for any other reason, {. . .} or reading a book, or blessing, will be excluded
2 and shall not go back to the Community council. And if he has spoken angrily against one of the priests enrolled in the book, he will be punished
3 for a year and shall be excluded, under sentence of death, from the pure food of the Many. However, if he had spoken unintentionally, he will be punished for six months. And whoever lies knowingly
4 shall be punished for six months. Whoever knowingly and for no reason insults his fellow will be punished for a year
5 and will be excluded. And whoever speaks to his fellow with deception or knowingly deceives him, will be punished for six months. And if
6 Blank he is /negligent/ to his fellow he will be punished for three months. However, if he is negligent with the possessions of the Community achieving a loss, he shall replace them {. . .}
7 in full. Blank
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10 And if he does not manage to replace them, he will be punished for /sixty days/. And whoever feels animosity towards his fellow for no cause will be punished for {six months} /a year/.
11 And likewise for anyone retaliating for any reason. Whoever utters with his mouth futile words, three months; and for talking in the middle of the words of his fellow,
12 ten days. And whoever lies down and goes to sleep in the session of the Many, thirty days. And the same applies to whoever leaves the session of the Many
13 without cause, or falls asleep up to three times during a session shall be punished ten days; however, if . . . Blank
14 and he withdraws, he shall be punished for thirty days. And whoever walks about naked in front of his fellow, without needing to, shall be punished for three months.
15 And the person who spits in the course of a meeting of the Many shall be punished thirty days. And whoever takes out his ‘hand’ from under his clothes, or if these are rags
16 which allow his nakedness to be seen, he will be punished thirty days. And whoever giggles inanely causing his voice to be heard shall be sentenced to thirty
17 days. And whoever takes out his left hand to gesticulate with it shall be punished ten days. And whoever goes round defaming his fellow
18 shall be excluded for one year from the pure food of the Many and shall be punished; however, w hoever goes round defaming the Many shall be expelled from their midst
19 and will never return. And whoever complains against the foundation of the Community they shall expel and he will never return; however, if he complains against his fellow
20 without cause he will be punished six months. The person whose spirit turns aside from the foundation of the Community to betray the truth
21 and walk in the stubbornness of his heart, if he comes back, shall be punished for two years; during the first year he shall not approach the pure food of the Many. Blank
22 Blank {. . .} And during the second he shall not approach {. . .} /the drink/ of the Many and shall sit at the back of all the men of the Community.
23 When the days of the two years are complete the Many shall be questioned Blank concerning his matter; if they admit him, he shall be enrolled according to his rank; and later he will be questioned in connection with judgment
24 {. . . } However, anyone who has been in the Community council {...} for ten full years. Blank
25 Blank {...} Blank and whose spirit reverts to betray the Community and go away from the presence Blank
26 of the Many in order to walk in the stubbornness of his heart, can never return to the Community council. And the person among the men of the Community who fraternises
27 with him in concerns of purity or goods, who [. . .] the Many, and his sentence will be like his, he shall be expfelled.]
