Testament
1 Reuben | walk not in the sins of 7 youth and fornication, wherein
2 Reuben | which tastes are given 6, 7 to draw air and breath.
3 Reuben | by the taking of gifts. 7, 8 And with all these the
4 Reuben | mind and understanding, 7 and leadeth young men into
5 Reuben | into the shape of men, and 7 appeared to them when they
6 Reuben | shall die by an evil death. 7 For to Levi God gave the
7 Reuben | among you an eternal king. ~7 1, 2 And Reuben died, having
8 Simeon | father loved him beyond 7 all. And I set my mind against
9 Simeon | but loved us as his own 7 soul, and beyond his own
10 Simeon | rule over wicked spirits. 7 Then shall I arise in joy,
11 Simeon | with men and saved men]. ~7 1 And now, my children,
12 Levi | God said to me, Levi enter 7 And I entered from the first
13 Levi | and a bloodless offering. 7 And [in the heaven below
14 Levi | not be smitten utterly, 7 for every evil spirit attacketh
15 Levi | and after that had been 7 put to death, and in his
16 Levi | them to the uttermost. ~7 1 And I said to my father
17 Levi | holy things, and clad 6, 7 me with a holy and glorious
18 Levi | of the Lord, even as the 7 angel of the Lord showed
19 Levi | which is, beginning of 7 majesty and instruction].
20 Levi | are a third generation. 7 In my hundred and eighteenth
21 Levi | trouble and affliction. 7 Get wisdom in the fear of
22 Levi | shall be like unto Sodom and 7 Gomorrah. And ye shall be
23 Levi | fifth shall be taken hold of 7 by darkness Likewise also
24 Levi | as from Abraham to Isaac. 7 And the glory of the Most
25 Judah | caught it by the tail, and 7 hurled it on the rocks,
26 Judah | them, and the rest fled. 7 And Jacob my father slew
27 Judah | them as far as Tappuah. 7 And we slew them and burnt
28 Judah | destroyed this city also. ~7 1 And the next day it was
29 Judah | brother aided me, they would 7 have slain me. We came upon
30 Judah | stones, upwards of three 6, 7 talents weight; and I slew
31 Judah | with her in my drunkenness; 7 and I could not slay her,
32 Judah | and pleasure blinded my 7 heart. And I became enamoured
33 Judah | drunk wine I reverenced 7 not the commandment of God,
34 Judah | the possessions of others. 7 For the kings shall be as
35 Issachar| the Lord hath despised me, 7 and I have not borne children
36 Issachar| through the priest to the Lord 7 all first-fruits; then to
37 Issachar| blessings of the earth and of 7 first-fruits. And Levi and
38 Issachar| them back into their land. ~7 1 Behold, therefore, as
39 Issachar| every man with all my heart. 7 So do you also these things,
40 Zebulun | secret, he should be slain. 7 But when they wished to
41 Zebulun | them coming against him to 7 slay him, he fled behind
42 Zebulun | obeisance to Joseph after the 7 fashion of King Pharaoh.
43 Zebulun | Troglodytes by a short cut. 7 But Reuben was grieved,
44 Zebulun | neighbour receiveth manifold 7 more from the Lord.] For
45 Zebulun | sheep with my brethren. ~7 1 [Now I will declare unto
46 Zebulun | infirmities and tribulations. 7 And after these things ye
47 Zebulun | your life. And when he had 7 said these things he fell
48 Dan | For the spirit of jealousy 7 and vainglory said to me:
49 Dan | ariseth wrath with lying. 7 Moreover, a twofold mischief
50 Dan | to sin before the Lord. 7 And my sons will draw near
51 Dan | transform them into a nation 7 that doeth His will, for
52 Dan | bury me near my fathers. ~7 1, 2 And when he had said
53 Naphtali| herself to Jacob, and she 7 conceived and bare me upon
54 Naphtali| in the works of Beliar. 7 And as there is a division
55 Naphtali| two great horns, and an 7 eagle's wings upon its back;
56 Naphtali| were all divided upon nine 7 planks, and Levi and Judah
57 Naphtali| rejoiced with one accord. ~7 1 These two dreams I told
58 Naphtali| the Lord shall hate him. 7 For the commandments of
59 Gad | judgement of Reuben and Judah. 7 For he saw that I had delivered
60 Gad | would not suffer to live. 7 For the spirit of hatred
61 Gad | will not do wrong to any 6, 7 man, even in thought. These
62 Gad | also honour thee, and [fear 7 and] be at peace with thee
63 Gad | leave to God the avenging. ~7 1 If a man prospereth more
64 Gad | beyond all men, because 7 he hath not the travail
65 Asher | good (inclination), all its 7 actions are in righteousness;
66 Asher | Lord who commandeth the 7 law he setteth at nought
67 Asher | him into eternal life. ~7 1 Become not, my children,
68 Asher | my brethren, and ye shall 7 know not your lands, tribe,
69 Joseph | bonds, and He released me; 7 Slandered, and He pleaded
70 Joseph | inclination of the soul. 7 In ten temptations He showed
71 Joseph | pretence of visiting me. 7 And because she had no male
72 Joseph | them that commit adultery, 7 but in those that approach
73 Joseph | thou mayst see and repent. 7 But that thou mayst learn
74 Joseph | this iniquity no more. ~7 1 But her heart was still
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