Frags. 7-8 1(Honor) your [father] and your mother, [so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you. You shall not murder. You shal1 not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear] 2false witness [agains] your [neighbor]. You shall not covet [your] nei[ghbor's] wife, [male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor]. 3And the LORD said to Moses,"Go say to them, 'Return to [your tents.' But you, stand here by Me, and I will tell you all the commandments, the statutes] 4and the ordinances that you shall teach them, so that they may do them in the land that [I am about to give them as a possession." . . . ]
5 So the people returned to their individual tents, but Moses remained before [the LORD, who said to him "Thus shal1 you say to the Israelites,] 6'You have seen for yourselves that I spoke with you from heaven. You are not to mak[e gods of silver alongside Me, nor make for yourselves gods of gold. You need make for Me only an altar of earth, and sacrifice] on it your burnt offerings and offerings of well-being, your sheep [and oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. But if 8you make for Me [an altar of stone], do not build it of hewn stones; for by [using] a chisel [upon it you profane it. You are not to go up by steps to My altar, lest your nakedness be exposed] on it.
This portion contains Exodus 21:32-22:13, with a few very minor deviations from the familiar biblical text.
Frags. 10-12 thir[ty shekels] of sil[ver, and the ox must be stoned. If someone leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner] 7of the pit must make resti[tution by payment to its owner, while keeping the dead animal. If someone's ox hurt, the ox of another, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide] 3[the price [the dead animal they shall] also [divide]. But if it was kno[wn] th[at the ox was accustomed] to gore ipreviously, yet its owner has failed to restrain it, the owner must restore] 4[ox for ox, but keep the dead animal.]
When someone steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or s[ells it, the thief shal1 pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep]. [If the thief is found breaking in,] and is beaten to death, no bloodguilt is incurred; but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred. [The thief must make restoration; if he cannot, he shall be sold for the theft. Should] 6[the animal, whether ox] or donkey or sheep, be found alive in the thief's possession, the thief shal1 pay double. When someone allows [a field or vineyard] to be grazed over, [or lets livestock loose in someone else's field,] 7[he must make restitution from his own field, depending] on its produce. If he allowed the whole field to be grazed over, he must [repay] from the choicest of his own field or vineyard.
[If a fire breaks out and catches in thorns,] 8[so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is burned up,] the one who started the fire shall make full restitution. When someone delivers to [a neighbor money or goods for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, then the thief must pay double when caught.] 9[If the thief is never caught, then] they shall bring [the ow]ner of the house before God, to determine whether or not the owner had laid hands on [the neighbor's] good[s. In any case of disputed ownership involving ox, donkey, sheep,] [clothing, or any other loss,] wherein one party says, "This is mine," the case shall come before the LORD. [Whomever God condemns shall pay double to the other.] [When someone delivers to another a donkey3] ox, sheep, or any other animal for safekeeping, [and it dies or is injured or is carried off, but no one sees it, an oath before the LORD shall decide] 2[between the two of them whether one has stolen] the property of the [oth]er. The owner must accept the oath, and no rest[itution] shal1 [be made. But if I it was stolen, [restitution is to be made to its owner. If it was torn by animals,] 3[1et it be brought as evidence; restitution shall not be made for the remains.] If some[one] borrows an animal [from] another [and it is injured or dies,] the owner [not being present, full restitution shall be made . . . ]
The numbering of lines for this portion in DJD 5 does not accord with the lines of the actual manuscript. The numbers are corrected here.
This is an extrabiblical addition. The precise import is no longer detectable, but God is speaking in the first person, presumably to Abraham (cf. Gen. 15) or Jacob. The setting seems to be prior to the descent of Israel into Egypt.
Frag. 14 2[all the fl]esh and all the spirits 3[ . . . ] as a blessing for the land 4[ . . . ] the peoples [ . . . ] this; in the land of Egypt shall be desolation [ . . . ] I shall create in [ . . . ] [I shall rescue them from] the yoke of Egypt's power, and redeem them 6from their control. I shall make them My people forever [and ever . . . I shall bring them forth] from Egypt. The seed of 7your children I [shall settle in the] land safely for[ever . . . but Egypt shall I hurl into] the heart of the sea, into the fasts 8of the deep~ [ . . . ] where they shall dwell [ . . . ] [bo]rders [ . . .
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