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Apocryphon of Joshua22

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Frag. 9 Col. ii

[...] ... [...]

not [...] ... to establish there the tent of me[eting ...]

of the times. For, behold, a son is born to Jesse, son of Perez, son of Ju[dah ...]

the Rock of Zion, and he will drive out from there /all/ the Amorites, from [...]

to build the house for YHWH, God of Israel. Gold and silver [...]

he will bring cedar and cypress [from] Lebanon for its construc- tion; but his son, the younger, [...]

he will officiate there first [...] ... [...] and to him [...]

[in al]l the [re]sidence from the heaven[s, because] the be- loved of yhw[h] will dwell in safety [...]

[the] days, [and] his people will dwell forever. But now, the Amorites (are) there, and the Canaan[ites ...]

dwellers who have made them sin, because I have not inquired [the jud]gment of [...]

from you. And the Shilonite, and be[ho]ld, I have made him the servant of the pe[ople of ...]

And now, let us establish the t[ent of mee]ting far from [...]

Eleazar [and Joshu]a the t[ent of me]eting from Bet [El ...]

Joshua [... ch]ief of the army ... [...]