Joining the Qumran Sect

Rule of the Community 6:13–21

2nd Century BCE or 1st Century CE

¹³[ . . . ] [A]‌nyone from Israel who freely volunteers ¹⁴to enrol in the council of the Community, the man appointed at the head of the Many shall test him with regard to his insight and his deeds. If he suits the discipline he shall let him enter ¹⁵into the covenant so that he can revert to the truth and shun all injustice, and he shall teach him…