The Lantern

Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice13

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Frags. 19a–d (with 11Q17 Frags. 12–15)

Then the divine figures, the ut[terly holy] spirits, shall praise Him […] the glorious figures, the floor

of the wondrous innermost sanctuaries, the spirits of the perpetual divine beings—all […] the fig[ures of the inner]most sanctuary of the King, spir[it]ual handiwork of the wondrous firmament

made utterly pure, [spi]rits of knowledge, truth and righteousness in the Holy of [H]olies, [f]orms of the living godlike beings, luminous spiritual forms—

all these h[ol]y handiworks are wondrously connected to each other. Embroidered [spirits,] figures of the godlike beings, are engraved

all around the [gl]orious bricks; these are glorious figures, handiwork belonging to the splendid and majest[ic bri]cks. All these handiworks are living godlike beings

and their figures are holy angels. From beneath the marvelous inn[ermost sanctums] is heard the quiet voice of god[like] beings praising […]