A New Jerusalem

Fragment 6

1[ . . . ] two hundred and eighty cub[its . . .] 2[ . . . th]ese blocks alongside [the] city wall [ . . . ] 3[ . . . ] the south, and half [ . . . ] 4[ . . . ] the blocks [ . . . ] 5[ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ]

Fragment 7

1[ . . . ] on all the offspring of the children of [ . . . ] 2[ . . . ] . . . who shall eat [ . . . ] 3[ . . . ] for them…

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New Jerusalem is a fragmentary text from the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran offering a visionary description of the eschatological city of Jerusalem and the Temple. The following fragments describe parts of the Temple structure, the priestly dues, the showbread, certain sacrifices, the garments of the high priest, and the priestly rotations.

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