The selected unit is identified by column XVII, lines 5–8. The Hebrew manuscript-image reading remains to be checked separately.
Dead Sea Scrolls · Hebrew
War Scroll 1QM: Michael, assistance and covenant
A scholar’s published quotation identifies 1QM XVII:5–8 and its English edition page, providing a precise reading route into the War Scroll’s covenant language.
Scholarly quotation and edition reference checked
- Physical witness
- 1QM · Hebrew War Scroll, Qumran Cave 1
- Selected unit
- 1QM XVII:5–8 · edition route p. 340
- Edition or research reference
- Yigael Yadin, The Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness, translated by Batya and Chaim Rabin (Oxford University Press, 1962), p. 340; cited and quoted by Matthew L. Walsh (2019), note 15.
- Review boundary
- Matthew Walsh’s own research summary and quotation were inspected. The complete 1962 edition and manuscript image were not independently collated.
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The consulted scholarly quotation cites Yadin’s edition, English translation by Batya and Chaim Rabin, p. 340. This is a mediated edition reference, not a newly inspected full print edition.
The selected quotation is located at 1QM XVII:5–8 with a named English edition route on p. 340.
Read the selected passage
The passage anticipates appointed assistance and associates Michael with Israel’s covenant, peace and blessing. It belongs to the War Scroll’s expectation of a decisive struggle and its account of the community’s religious identity.
Its language of light has that literary setting. Walsh’s article supplies an exact unit and a print-page citation, but this project has not independently deciphered the parchment or examined the whole 1962 volume.
What remains to check
Obtain the full cited edition and check the source-language reading against the corresponding manuscript image. A whole-scroll translation audit remains open.
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Ask what assistance would help you act with courage and truthfulness. Keep the ancient text’s opposing combatants within their historical setting. A Babylon reflection does not turn living neighbours, religious groups or vulnerable people into enemies.
The Father and Yeshua remain Babylon’s devotional centre. This reflection offers perspective and a freely chosen next step; it makes no judgement about a reader’s worth.
Sources you can retrace
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- Matthew L. Walsh · Claiming Israel’s Angels as their Own ↗
Matthew L. Walsh, University of Arizona Bible Interp, July 2019; note 15 cites Yadin 1962, p. 340.
Consulted author’s research summary and exact quotation - Israel Museum · War Scroll viewer ↗
Israel Museum digital reading route; images remain source-hosted.
Linked physical-witness viewer; photo collation pending
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Babylon Learning Centre. “War Scroll 1QM: Michael, assistance and covenant.” Passage Research Studio, revision 1, 5 November 2026. https://learn.babylonencyclopedia.com/research/passages/war-scroll-michael-covenant/
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