The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 24
Levi 8
After seventy days Levi again beheld seven men in white raiment who vested him as priest forever. Themes: Covenant and Eternal Law
1nd there I saw a thing again even as the former, after we had passed seventy days.
2 And I saw seven men in white raiment saying to me, Arise, put on the robe of the priesthood, and the crown of righteousness, and the breastplate of understanding, and the garment of truth, and the diadem of faith, and the tiara of miracle, and the ephod of prophecy.
3 And each one of them bearing each of these things put them on me, and said, From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever.
4 And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the rod of judgment.
5 The second washed me with pure water, and fed me with bread and wine, the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.
6 The third clothed me with a linen vestment like to an ephod.
7 The fourth put round me a girdle like unto purple.
8 The fifth gave to me a branch of rich olive.
9 The sixth placed a crown on my head. The seventh placed on my head a diadem of priesthood, and filled my hands with incense, so that I served as a priest to the Lord.
10 And they said to me, Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three branches, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come; and first shall he be that hath been faithful; no portion shall be greater than his.
11 The second shall be in the priesthood. The third—a new name shall be called over Him, because He shall arise as King from Judah, and shall establish a new priesthood, after the fashion of the Gentiles, to all the Gentiles.
12 And His appearing shall be unutterable, as of an exalted prophet of the seed of Abraham our father.
13 Every desirable thing in Israel shall be for thee and for thy seed, and everything fair to look upon shall ye eat, and the table of the Lord shall thy seed apportion, and some of them shall be high priests, and judges, and scribes; for by their mouth shall the holy place be guarded.
14 And when I awoke, I understood that this thing was like unto the former.
15 And I hid this also in my heart, and told it not to any man upon the earth.
Did You Know?
After seventy days Levi again beheld seven men in white raiment who vested him as priest forever.
Each of the seven men placed a distinct sacred item upon Levi, including the breastplate of understanding and ephod of prophecy.
The second figure washed Levi with pure water, fed him bread and wine as most holy things, then clad him gloriously.
Levi learned his seed would split into three branches, the third a King from Judah founding a new Gentile priesthood.
When Levi awoke he understood the vision matched the former one, yet hid it and told no man upon the earth.
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