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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 14

1 min 4 verses Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII (translated by Rev. Dr. Sinker, 1870), public domain. Chapters are numbered in order from Reuben 1 to Benjamin 12, and verse numbers are this archive's own sentence divisions.

Simeon 7

Obey Levi, the speaker tells his children, for in Judah they shall be redeemed by salvation from God.

A1🔗nd now, my children, obey Levi, and in Judah shall ye be redeemed: and be not lifted up against these two tribes, for from them shall arise to you the salvation of God.

2🔗 For the Lord shall raise up from Levi as it were a Priest, and from Judah as it were a King, God and man.

3🔗 So shall He save all the Gentiles and the race of Israel.

4🔗 Therefore I command you all things, in order that ye also may command your children, that they may observe them throughout their generations.

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1

Obey Levi, the speaker tells his children, for in Judah they shall be redeemed by salvation from God.

2

None should lift themselves up against Levi and Judah, the two tribes from which salvation arises.

3

The Lord will raise from Levi a Priest and from Judah a King who is both God and man.

4

That Priest-King shall save all the Gentiles together with the entire race of Israel.

5

Every command is issued so children may order their descendants to keep them through all generations.

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