The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 30
Levi 14
From the writing of Enoch the speaker learned his children will lay hands upon the Lord in malice and become a Gentile mockery.
1nd now, my children, I have learnt from the writing of Enoch that at the last ye will deal ungodly, laying your hands upon the Lord in all malice; and your brethren shall be ashamed because of you, and to all the Gentiles shall it become a mocking.
2 For our father Israel shall be pure from the ungodliness of the chief priests who shall lay their hands upon the Saviour of the world.
3 Pure is the heaven above the earth, and ye are the lights of the heaven as the sun and the moon.
4 What shall all the Gentiles do if ye be darkened in ungodliness?
5 So shall ye bring a curse upon our race for whom came the light of the world, which was given among you for the lighting up of every man.
6 Him will ye desire to slay, teaching commandments contrary to the ordinances of God.
7 The offerings of the Lord will ye rob, and from His portion will ye steal; and before ye sacrifice to the Lord, ye will take the choicest parts, in despitefulness eating them with harlots.
8 Amid excesses will ye teach the commandments of the Lord, the women that have husbands will ye pollute, and the virgins of Jerusalem will ye defile; and with harlots and adulteresses will ye be joined.
9 The daughters of the Gentiles will ye take for wives, purifying them with an unlawful purification; and your union shall be like unto Sodom and Gomorrah in ungodliness.
10 And ye will be puffed up because of the priesthood lifting yourselves up against men.
11 And not only so, but being puffed up also against the commands of God, ye will scoff at the holy things, mocking in despitefulness.
Did You Know?
From the writing of Enoch the speaker learned his children will lay hands upon the Lord in malice and become a Gentile mockery.
Father Israel shall remain pure from the ungodliness of chief priests who lay hands upon the Saviour of the world.
The children are lights of heaven as the sun and moon, yet risk darkening in ungodliness and cursing their race.
They will rob offerings, steal from His portion, and eat the choicest parts with harlots before any sacrifice.
Gentile daughters will be taken as wives by unlawful purification, their unions likened to Sodom and Gomorrah in ungodliness.
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