Torah at Qumran
Damascus Document 5:2–6
2He should not multiply wives to himself (Deuteronomy 17:17). However, David had not read the sealed book of the law which 3was in the ark, for it had not been opened in Israel since the day of the death of Eleazar 4and of Jehoshua, and Joshua and the elders who worshipped Ashtaroth. One had hidden 5the…
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