2Q21 — Cave 2, Qumran

Hebrew transcription of 2Q21, as given in the Qimron composite edition. The manuscript font renders the body text partially opaque; apparatus-confirmed readings are preserved below. Lacunae marked with brackets. The fragment is written in Herodian script and published in DJD III (Baillet, Milik, de Vaux, 1962), pp. 79–81.

קטע 1 — קריאות מאושרות

שורה 1: [נד]ב [ו]א[ב]יהו [ואי]תמ[ר] — [Nada]b and Abih[u and Itha]mar

שורה 2: לך משפט באמת ולהוכיח ב[אמו]ה — to deal with you in truth and to prove with [faithfulness]

שורה 4: [ו]ת[א] מ[ו]שה אל המחנה ויתפלל לפני יהוה ויתנפ[ל לפנ]י — And Moses came to the camp and prayed before the LORD and prostrated himself before [him]

שורה 5: [ו]יאמ[ר יהוה] א[ל]הים מה אביט אליך ו[א]יך אש[א פני] אל — And he said: LORD God, how can I look toward you, and how can I lift [my face] toward God?

שורה 6: [ה]א[נ]שים ותוכל — [the] people, and prevailed

שורה 7: ויפ[ל] אותו שם — [and he f]ell there

Source Colophon

Hebrew transcription from Elisha Qimron, The Dead Sea Scrolls — The Hebrew Writings, vol. 1 (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2010), pp. 79–81. Critical apparatus from DJD III (Baillet, Milik, de Vaux; Oxford: Clarendon, 1962).

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