# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 21: Levi 5

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/21 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**21:1** And the angel opened to me the gates of heaven, and I saw the holy temple, and the Most High upon a throne of glory.

**21:2** And He said to me, Levi, I have given thee the blessings of the priesthood until that I shall come and sojourn in the midst of Israel.

**21:3** Then the angel brought me to the earth, and gave me a shield and a sword, and said, Work vengeance on Shechem because of Dinah, and I will be with thee, because the Lord hath sent me.

**21:4** And I destroyed at that time the sons of Hamor, as it is written in the heavenly tablets.

**21:5** And I said to Him, I pray Thee, O Lord, tell me Thy name, that I may call upon Thee in a day of tribulation.

**21:6** And He said, I am the angel who intercedeth for the race of Israel, that He smite them not utterly, because every evil spirit attacketh it.

**21:7** And after these things I was as it were awaked, and blessed the Most High, and the angel that intercedeth for the race of Israel, and for all the righteous.

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