Address to the Lord

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My Lord — do for him, for my father.


(Fragment 1 preserves two partial lines. Lines beyond this are too lacunose for translation.)


Line 1:

[...] My Lord, for my father, do for him [...]


Line 2:

[...] in that which has been [...]


Colophon

Source: 4Q526, one Cave 4 Hebrew fragment; primary publication DJD XXII (García Martínez, Tigchelaar, and Van der Woude, 1998). Transcription from the Qimron Composite Edition (Elisha Qimron, Zenodo, CC BY 4.0), decoded via Miqdas font mapping. Two partial lines only; no continuous text survives. Genre: possibly petition or testament.

Translation: New Tianmu Anglican Church / Claude, Mar 2026.

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