Testament
1 Reuben | the death of Joseph his 3 brother, when Reuben fell
2 Reuben | the leaders in the works 3 of youth. [And seven other
3 Reuben | a beast to a precipice. ~3 1 Besides all these there
4 Reuben | brought about the trance of 2 3 nature and the image of
5 Reuben | speak to any of my brethren, 3 because of the reproach.
6 Reuben | themselves. And whom they cannot 3 bewitch by outward attractions,
7 Reuben | that they also may be pure 3 in mind. For constant meetings,
8 Simeon | Lord had heard her prayer. 3 Moreover, I became strong
9 Simeon | in that I envied him. ~3 1 2 And now, my children,
10 Simeon | to drink, nor to do any 3 good thing. But it ever
11 Simeon | of the selling of Joseph. 3 And when we went down into
12 Simeon | before the Lord and men. 3 Beware, therefore, of fornication,
13 Simeon | shall stretch afar off. 3 Then shall perish the seed
14 Simeon | shall save all [the Gentiles 3 and] the race of Israel.
15 Simeon | to take up his bones to 3 Hebron. And they took them
16 Levi | And I was young, about ~3 twenty years of age, when,
17 Levi | fruits, gold, and silver. ~3 l Hear, therefore, regarding
18 Levi | retributions for vengeance on men. 3 And in the second are the
19 Levi | minister of His presence. 3 The light of knowledge shalt
20 Levi | thee the blessings of the 3 priesthood until I come
21 Levi | I kept these words in my 3 heart. And after this I
22 Levi | forward shall Shechem be 3 called a city of imbeciles;
23 Levi | plate of faith, and the 3 turban of the head, and
24 Levi | visions which I had seen. And 3 he would not come with us
25 Levi | it great evils from the 3 Lord. And ye shall deal
26 Levi | were sojourners in our land 3, 4 And I saw concerning
27 Levi | And the sons of Kohath, 3, 4 Ambram, Issachar, Hebron,
28 Levi | unceasingly the law of God. 3 For every one that knoweth
29 Levi | the Saviour of the world]. 3 For as the heaven is purer
30 Levi | abomination unto them, and ye 3 shall receive reproach and
31 Levi | the godly the words of the 3 faithful shall ye abhor. [
32 Levi | salvation of the world]. 3 In the second jubilee, he
33 Levi | for a multitude of days. 3 And his star shall arise
34 Levi | sons answered him, saying, 3 Before the Lord we will
35 Judah | before he died. They gathered 3 themselves together, therefore,
36 Judah | in the house. I know that 3 I raced a hind, and caught
37 Judah | it from me and slew it. ~3 1 And when the two kings
38 Judah | Tappuah, as he sat upon his 3 horse, [I slew, and so I
39 Judah | them two hundred men and 2, 3 four kings. And I went up
40 Judah | and Reuben and Levi on the 3 west. And they that were
41 Judah | slew, and we did not leave 3 them power to come in against
42 Judah | as allies went into their 3 city. And in the depth of
43 Judah | and he made us a feast; 3 and when I was heated he
44 Judah | with a mighty and strong 3 people. And Jacob smote
45 Judah | she was not of the land 3 of Canaan. And on the third
46 Judah | wine I was deceived, and 3 took her although my father
47 Judah | in fornication seven days 3 by the gate. Therefore being
48 Judah | and glory not in the deeds 3 and strength of your youth,
49 Judah | these two also take away the 3 mind of man. For if a man
50 Judah | fornication, he is stripped of his 3 kingship by becoming the
51 Judah | drunkenness ariseth and 3 shamelessness stealeth in.
52 Judah | Bathshua the Canaanite. 2, 3 [For I know that because
53 Judah | hearken to Judah your father. 3 For these things withdraw
54 Judah | and my humiliation, and 3 the prayers of my father
55 Judah | turn whithersoever it will. 3 And the works of truth and
56 Judah | kingdom, and to him the 3 priesthood, and He set the
57 Judah | Gentiles] may rest in peace. 3 And He shall guard the might
58 Judah | and ye shall mingle in 3 the abominations of the
59 Judah | blessing of the Holy Father; 3 And He shall pour out the
60 Judah | sun, Gad; the moon, Asher. 3 And ye shall be the people
61 Judah | this day, a hundred and 3 nineteen years old. Let
62 Issachar| beloved of the Lord. 2, 3 I was born the fifth son
63 Issachar| of the mandrakes the Lord 3 visited her. For He knew
64 Issachar| High who was at that time. ~3 1 When, therefore, I grew
65 Issachar| the field according to 2, 3 their season. And my father
66 Issachar| delighteth not in varied apparel. 3 He doth not desire to live
67 Issachar| compassion on the poor and weak. 3 Bow down your back unto
68 Issachar| shall serve their enemies. 3 And do you therefore give
69 Issachar| the uplifting of my eyes. 3 I drank not wine, to be
70 Zebulun | Joseph. And he said to them: 3 Hearken to me, ye sons of
71 Zebulun | lay not upon me your hands 3 to shed innocent blood,
72 Zebulun | him to the Ishmaelites. ~3 1, 2 For in his price I
73 Zebulun | wives, and their children, 3 saying: We will not eat
74 Zebulun | Dan, and Gad should rush 3 off and slay him. But when
75 Zebulun | sick, I escaped without 3 sickness, for the Lord knoweth
76 Zebulun | sail upon another upright 3 piece of wood in the midst.
77 Zebulun | and give to every man with 3 a good heart. And if ye
78 Zebulun | last days God will send 3 His compassion on the earth,
79 Zebulun | earth swalloweth them up, 3, 4 and they vanish away.
80 Zebulun | Lord, and the commandments 3 of Zebulun their father.
81 Dan | Hearken to my words, ye 3 sons of Dan; and give heed
82 Dan | face of any man with truth. 3 For though it be a father
83 Dan | envious of his brother. ~3 1 For anger is an evil thing,
84 Dan | getteth the mastery, and 3 it bestoweth upon the body
85 Dan | sharp losses disturbeth his 3 mind, and so stirreth up
86 Dan | no war prevail over you. 3 Love the Lord through all
87 Dan | God and man, and for the 3 peace of Israel he shall
88 Dan | placed them near Abraham, and 3 Isaac, and Jacob. [Nevertheless,
89 Naphtali| the seventh month, on the 3 first day of the month,
90 Naphtali| body after the likeness of 3 the spirit, and according
91 Naphtali| do the works of light. ~3 1 Be ye, therefore, not
92 Naphtali| and stars change not their 3 order; so do ye also change
93 Naphtali| with every affliction and 3 tribulation, until the Lord
94 Naphtali| to him that seizeth them 3 will the sun and moon belong .
95 Naphtali| pilot; and there was written 3 upon the ship, The Ship
96 Naphtali| numbereth him with you, 3 And he said, weeping: Ah
97 Naphtali| shall Jacob be blessed. 3 For through their tribes
98 Naphtali| fathers. And when he had 3 eaten and drunken with a
99 Gad | ninth son born to Jacob, 3 and I was valiant in keeping
100 Gad | the grass of the field. 3 Therefore I and Simeon sold
101 Gad | lawlessness in Israel. ~3 1 And now, my children,
102 Gad | pleasure in that which is 3 righteous, he loveth him
103 Gad | loving of one's neighbour, 3 and it sinneth against God.
104 Gad | the devil, and cleave to 3 the love of God. Righteousness
105 Gad | up my soul to slay him. 3 Love ye, therefore, one
106 Gad | who giveth things good and 3 profitable to all men. Seek
107 Gad | corruption before the Lord.] 3 And when he had rested for
108 Asher | in the sight of the Lord. 3 Two ways hath God given
109 Asher | who serveth his turn in 3 evil; and this thing hath
110 Asher | commandments hath thus declared. ~3 1 But do not ye, my children,
111 Asher | works, of good and evil; 3 but the whole is good, because
112 Asher | life, unjust things under 3 death;] wherefore also eternal
113 Asher | example of the spirits of 3 deceit, and striving against
114 Asher | scattered unto the four 3 corners of the earth. And
115 Joseph | sons, unto your father. 3 I have seen in my life envy
116 Joseph | father delivered me from 3 the burning flame. I was
117 Joseph | giveth many good things. ~3 1 How often did the Egyptian
118 Joseph | if thou wilt give thyself 3 unto me, and thou shalt
119 Joseph | is persuaded concerning 3 thy chastity: for even should
120 Joseph | evil deed, lest thou be 3 destroyed; for know indeed
121 Joseph | with the dish a sword, and 3 I perceived that (her) scheme
122 Joseph | spirit oppress me; and so 3 he comforted her who was
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