4Q400 Frag. 1 Col. 1
[A text belonging to the Instructor. The song accompanying the sacrifice on the] first [Sabbath,] sung on the fourth of the first month. Praise
[the God of …,] you godlike beings of utter holiness; [rejoice] in his divine
[kingdom. For He has established] utter holiness among the eternally holy, that they might become for Him priests
[of the inner sanctum in His royal temple,] ministers of the Presence in His glorious innermost chamber. In the congregation of all the [wise] godlike beings,
[and in the councils of all the] divine [spirits,] He has engraved His precepts to govern all spiritual works, and His [glorious] laws
[for all the] wise [divine beings,] that sage congregation honored by God, those who draw near to knowledge.
[…] eternal, and from the font of holiness to the temple of utter
[holiness …] priests who draw near, ministers of the Presence of the utterly [holy] King
[…] His glory. Precept by precept they shall grow strong, to be seven
[eternal councils; for He] established them for Himself to be the most hol[y of those who minister in the H]oly of Holies.
[…] They shall become mighty thereby in accordance with the council […]
[…] the Holy of Holies, pr[iests of … the]se are the princes of
[… who take thei]r stand in the temples of the King […] in their realm or within their inheritance
[…] They tolerate none who trans[gress] the true Way, nor is t[her]e any unclean in their holy ranks.
[The precepts governing the hol]y ones has He inscribed for them, that all the eternally holy might thereby be sanctified. He has purified the pure
[who belong to the light, that they may recom]pense all those who transgress the true Way, and make atonement for those who repent of sin, obtaining for them His good pleasure.
[He has given tongues of] knowledge to the priests who draw near, so that from their mouths issue the teachings governing all the holy ones, together with the precepts
[concerning His glory …] His [lov]ing-kindness for eternal forgiveness is rooted in compassion, but in the vengeance of His zeal
[…] He established for Himself priests who draw near, the utterly holy ones
[… di]vi[ne] godlike beings, priests of the highest heaven who [dra]w near […]