KNOW ye therefore, my children, that in the last times your sons will forsake singleness, and will cleave unto insatiable desire. 2 And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; and forsaking the commandments of the Lord, they will cleave unto Beliar. 3 And leaving husbandry, they will follow after their own wicked devices, and …
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Issachar – Chapter I
Issachar, the fifth son of Jacob and Leah. The sinless child of hire for mandrakes. He appeals for simplicity. THE copy of the words of Issachar. 2 For he called his sons and said to them: Hearken, my children, to Issachar your father; give ear to the words of him who is beloved of the …
Judah – Chapter IV
AND now, my children, I command you, love Levi, that ye may abide, and exalt not yourselves against him, lest ye be utterly destroyed. 2 For to me the Lord gave the kingdom, and to him the priesthood, and He set the kingdom beneath the priesthood. 3 To me He gave the things upon the …
Judah – Chapter III
AND now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father, and keep my sayings to perform all the ordinances of the Lord, and to obey the commands of God. 2 And walk not after your lusts, nor in the imaginations of your thoughts in haughtiness of heart; and glory not in the deeds …
Judah – Chapter II
AND eighteen years my father abode in peace with his brother Esau, and his sons with us, after that we came from Mesopotamia, from Laban. 2 And when eighteen years were fulfilled, in the fortieth year of my life, Esau, the brother of my father, came upon us with a mighty and strong people. 3 …
Judah – Chapter I
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. He is the giant, athlete, warrior; he recounts heroic deeds. He runs so fast that he can outstrip a hind. THE copy of the words of Judah, what things he spake to his sons before he died. 2 They gathered themselves together, therefore, and came to him, …
Levi – Chapter V
AND whereas ye have heard concerning the seventy weeks, hear also concerning the priesthood. For in each jubilee there shall be a priesthood. 2 And in the first jubilee, the first who is anointed to the priesthood shall be great, and shall speak to God as to a father. 3 And his priesthood shall be …
Levi – Chapter IV
AND now, my children, I command you: fear the Lord your God with your whole heart, and walk in simplicity according to all His law. 2 And do ye also teach your children letters, that they may have understanding all their life, reading unceasingly the law of God. 3 For every one that knoweth the …
Levi – Chapter III
AND when I was going to my father, I found a brazen shield; wherefore also the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Gebal, to the south of Abila. 2 And I kept these words in my heart. And after this I counselled my father, and reuben my brother, to bid the sons …
Levi – Chapter II
NOW, therefore, know that the Lord shall execute judgement upon the sons of men. 2 Because when the rocks are being rent, and the sun quenched, and the waters dried up, and the fire cowering, and all creation troubled, and the invisible spirits melting away, and Hades taketh spoils through the visitations of the Most …
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