Some carefully - concealed scrolls may well have escaped the flames inside Israel, and copies of the Holy Scriptures were known to have been preserved by colonies of Jews living elsewhere.
Mõned hoolikalt peidetud kirjarullid jäid Iisraelimaal leekidest puutumata ja Pühakirja ärakirju säilitati ka mujal elavate juutide kolooniates.