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  • 27Temple Scroll — The Temple Scroll is one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Among the discoveries at Qumran it is designated: 11QTemple Scrolla(11Q19 [11QTa] ).1 It describes a Jewish temple which has never been built along with extensive detailed… …

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  • 29desolate — desolately, adv. desolateness, n. desolater, desolator, n. adj. /des euh lit/; v. /des euh layt /, adj., v., desolated, desolating. adj. 1. barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape …

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  • 30desolation — /des euh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of desolating. 2. the state of being desolated. 3. devastation; ruin. 4. depopulation. 5. dreariness; barrenness. 6. deprivation of companionship; loneliness. 7. sorrow; grief; woe. 8. a desolate… …

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