The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
The arrays of the war and the trumpets: the arrays of the war and the trumpets of their summons, at the opening of the gates of the war, for the infantry to go out; and the trumpets of the alarm of the slain, and the trumpets
of the ambush, and the trumpets of the pursuit when the enemy is struck, and the trumpets of the rearguard when the war returns [...] On the trumpets of the summons of the congregation they shall write, Called of God [...]
And on the trumpets of the summons of the officers they shall write, Princes of God [...] And on the trumpets of the divisions they shall write, the Rule of God [...] And on the trumpets of the men of
renown they shall write, Heads of the fathers of the congregation. When they gather to the house of assembly they shall write, Testimonies of God for the council of holiness [...] And on the trumpets of the camps
they shall write, Peace of God in the camps of his holy ones [...] And on the trumpets of their marches they shall write, Mighty deeds of God to scatter the enemy and to put to flight all who hate
righteousness, and turning back mercies against those who hate God [...] And on the trumpets of the arrays of the war they shall write, Arrays of the banners of God for the vengeance of his anger against all the sons of darkness [...]
And on the trumpets of the summons of the infantry, when the gates of the war open for them to go out to the battle line of the enemy, they shall write, Remembrance of vengeance at the appointed time
of God [...] And on the trumpets of the slain they shall write, The hand of the might of God in war, to fell all the faithless slain [...] And on the trumpets of the ambush they shall write
Mysteries of God to destroy wickedness [...] And on the trumpets of the pursuit they shall write, God has struck all the sons of darkness; he will not turn back his anger until they are consumed [...]
And when they return from the war to come to the battle line, they shall write on the trumpets of the return, The gathering of God [...] And on the trumpets of the way of the return
from the war of the enemy, to come to the congregation of Jerusalem, they shall write, Rejoicings of God in a peaceful return [...]
The Rule for the standards of the whole congregation, for their divisions [...] On the great standard that is at the head of all the people they shall write, People of God, and the name Israel
and Aaron, and the names of the twelve [tribes of] [Israel] according to their generations [...] On the standards of the heads of the camps that belong to the three tribes
they shall write, By the spirit [of God] [and] [the] [names] [of the three] [tribes] [...] [On] the standard of the tribe they shall write, The banner of God, and the name of the prince of the [tribe] [...]
[his families] [...] [and] the name of the prince of the thousand, and the names of [the officers of] [...]
[...] his hundreds [...] and on the standard [...]
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