The Scroll of the RuleAdapted from The Essene Writings from Qumran by Dupont-Sommer,
For use in the religion of Shabuwa in the tribulation times
I.1 This is the Book of Meditationfor the people of Ma’een who know Anokeesedthat they may instruct those who have consecrated their lives to Anokeesedto live according to the rule of the Communityto seek Anokeesed with all their heart and all their souland to do what is good and right before Himas He has revealed in our sacred writingsby his servants the prophetsto love all that He has chosenand to rejoice where He rejoicesand grieve with Him when He grievesand to depart from all of the evilof the Fallen Watchers of Heavenwho teach against the love of Anokeesed andto cling to all works of goodnessand to join with The Man in element to practice Truthand righteousnessand justice on the earthto walk no more in the blindness of a guilty heartnor with lustful eyes committing every kind of offense2 But to cause all those suited to the disciplinewho wish to practice the precepts of Anokeesedto enter into the Covenant of Gracethat they may be united in the Council of Godand behave perfectly before Himaccording to all the revelationsconcerning their visions of created purposethat they may join with Himto love all the people of His Right Hand in lovingkindnesseach according to the desires of Anokeesedin the Council of Godand that they may grieve with Himover all the doings of the sons of darknesseach according to the feelingsof the tender heart of Anokeesed3 And all of those of the Community of Ma’een that cling to His Truthshall bring all their understandingsand powersand possessionsinto the Community of Godto purify their understanding in the Truthof the precepts of Anokeesedand to order their powersaccording to the perfection of His Waysand to view all their possessionsaccording to His gentle right counseland they shall make no single step away from the words of Anokeesedin their hearts and livesand they shall honor the desires of His heartand not delay to embrace them for any reasonand they shall not depart from His precepts of the Truthwhich are given to His peopleto walk either to the right or to the left4 And all who wish to live in the Communitymust abide by the Rule of the Communityand shall enter into taking the Covenant in the presence of Godundertaking to act according to allthat which they have promised Himand shown in their behavior according to the preceptand not turn back from Him in their Covenanton account of fearor frightor any affliction whateverif tempted by the dominion of Semihazah5 And whoever among the people that knows Anokeesedwho wishes to join the Communitythey shall be examined on their intelligence and deedsby the man who is the Overseer at the head of the Manyand if the candidate is suited to the disciplinethen the Overseer will bring them to the Councilso that their case may be consideredto see if they have indeed been converted to the truthand have turned away from all perversity6 If they are willing to cross over into the covenantthen they shall enter the Omer Classesbeginning with the First Omerand be instructed in all the knowledge and ways of the Community7 When they shall continue their processthey will faithfully make an effortand shall say in their heartsI will do whatever it takes in my repentanceand discipline to know Himthis is called the Omer of Repentanceand they shall use The Book of Remembrance of Acheeas their text8 And when they approach the Manyafter the accomplishment of their First Omerthe Many shall consider their caseand according to the leadings of the Spiritand the advice of their instructorsthey shall decide if they shalleither approach to the Second Omer Classor depart from the Community9 When they have accomplished their first promisethen they shall extend that promise unto the secondto become purifiedand sanctified in Himand come clean before Himto begin to increasingly feel Him in all thingsthis is the time of the second Omer of Righteousnessand their text is The Book of Remembrance of Enoch10 And when they approach the Manyafter the accomplishment of their Second Omerthe Many shall consider their caseand according to the leadings of the Spiritthey shall decide if they shall either approach the Third Omeror not11 When next they enter into the timeof the third Omer of All Things Commonthey are again extending that promiseto develop relationships with The Manthrough righteousness in all thingsto become sanctified in Himand sickness and sorrow will be done awayto the extent that the Eerkodeshiy will obey themand they shall use The Book of Remembrance of our Ancient Grandmothers as their text12 And when they have lived in the Communityfor three years or morethey may approach the Manyafter the accomplishment of their third Omerthe Many shall consider their caseaccording to the leadings of the Spirit13 When they undertake the Fourth Omerso that they may enlarge their promiseto knowand feelboth the joys and burdens of Anokeesedand participate in acts of companionship to comfort Him14 Then they may enter into the Fourth Omer of Common Consentwith all the Manyupon being approved by the Counciland they shall declareThe nature of His personality will be before me in all of my daily walkand the power of it will influence all of my behavior towards my fellowsand my loving kindness will aboundand The Book of Remembrance of Melchizedek shall be their text15 To pass from one Omer to the nexteach one shall be instructed by their teachersaccording to whatever amount of time they needand having passed their Omerthey shall have a ceremony of installationfor each stage of commitmentand all promises shall be made at the altar during Ingatheringbefore all their fellowsif more than one Omer has been accomplished during the yearthey may state all of the promises at this time16 And since the time that they entered into the Covenantthis is what they shall doyear by yearduring all the time of their service to Anokeesed17 All the people of Ma’een shall pass before Anokeesed in their orderaccording to their place of inscriptionone after anotherthat every person of Ma’een may know the place they must occupyin the Community of Godand that of the eternal council of Anokeesed by His Spirittogether with the council of the Eerkodeshiy18 And no one shall go down from their place they occupynor raise themselvesabove their place to which they are assignedfor all those in the Community of Truthshall maintain virtuous humilityloving charity and careful discernmentone toward another in the Council of holinessas people of the everlasting company19 But whoever scorns to enter the ways of Godand be taught by the Community of His Counselin order to walk in the stubbornness of their heartthey shall not pass into His Community of Truthfor their soul has demonstrateda loathing of the teaching of knowledgean unwillingness to teach their children the ways of Anokeesedand they have not established within themthe understanding of righteousnessby the conversion of their lives20 Thereforethey shall not be counted among the upright people of Ma’eenAnd their understandingsand powersand possessionsshall not be brought in to the Council of the Community of GodFor their silence is invaded by the confusion of prideand defilements are hidden within their calm21 If they will not allow themselves to be taughtthen they present to othersthat they feel things in their hearts which they do not feelThen in the stubbornness of their hearts they shall not be justifiednor when they behold the ways of lightwhile clinging to their stubbornnessamong the obedient they shall not be countedThey shall not be absolved by atonementnor purified by lustral watersnor sanctified by seas and riversnor cleansed by all the waters of washingor helped by any use of the element of righteousnessUncleanunclean shall they bein their awareness of The Man Who Isas long as they scorn the Truth of Godand allow not themselves to be taughtby the Community of His Council22 For by the Spirit of the Lord’s true counselconcerning the ways of mankindshall all their sins be forgivenso they may look upon the Living LightBy the Holy Spirit of Ka’ee in the Community of His truthshall they be cleansed of all their sinsand by the Spirit of uprightness and humilityshall their iniquity be atoned by the Lord’s love and compassionBy their humility towards all the precepts of Godshall their soul be cleansedwhen washed with lustral waterand sanctified in the flowing living water of Motsah the Lamb23 And they shall order their stepsto walk perfectly in all the ways of Godaccording to the desires of Anokeesedconcerning His purposes for them in CommunityAnd they shall step aside neither to rightnor to the leftand shall make no single step awayfrom all His words and counsel to the CommunityThen will they please God with agreeable serviceand thus it will obtain for themthe inheritance of the eternal Community24 And this is that which they shall delight to be taughtto love repentance and virtueto pray unceasingto conform their personal interests to the will of Godto have righteous relationshipswith the elements of the Eerkodeshiyand no friendly relationships with all the Decadarchiyto form no opinion without the guidance of the Lordand include Him in all their decisionsto love whatever they love with Himand thereby love it completelyto seek Him with all their heart and soulin order to keep the First Commandmentand the Second likewiseto put the Lord first in all their doingsto live their visions of created purpose individuallycollectivelyand completelyto do everything they do for Himto learn how to care about everythingto learn how to blend their personal relationship with Godwith that of othersto vigorously pursue their independent dominionwith its contribution to Communityto live by faithto reject the desires for the satisfaction of possessionsand the satisfaction of dominanceto always assume the best of their fellowsto seek the Lordto find Himto know Himto love Him as He has loved each of His childrenand to diligently instruct their children in all these ways