After becoming a member, they would turn any personal property over to the community. If they worked, their pay was given to the common treasury, and any goods or supplies would be kept in a common storehouse. It is believed that the Essenes were diligent workers and would work in their occupations for the …show more content…
They would “vow piety to God, justice to man, hatred of the wicked and love for the just; they also promised to love the brethren, love truth, conceal nothing from one another and reveal nothing to outsiders” (Ross, 2006, Chapter 4). The Essenes were very strict with their religious observances. They were diligent in their studying and preserving the Scriptures, the books of their sect, and the names of angels. It is believed that they were good at foreseeing the things to come in the future. Their worship was in obedience to the Law. They presented offerings during their temple worship and had strict sacrificial and purification