The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 35
Levi 19
Levi lived one hundred and thirty-seven years before he stretched out his feet and was gathered to his fathers. Themes: Obedience and Testing
1nd now, my children, ye have heard all; choose therefore for yourselves either the darkness or the light, either the law of the Lord or the works of Beliar.
2 And we answered our father, saying, Before the Lord will we walk according to His law.
3 And our father said, The Lord is witness, and His angels are witnesses, and I am witness, and ye are witnesses, concerning the word of your mouth.
4 And we said, We are witnesses. And thus Levi ceased giving charge to his sons; and he stretched out his feet, and was gathered to his fathers, after he had lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
5 And they laid him in a coffin, and afterwards they buried him in Hebron, by the side of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.
Did You Know?
Levi lived one hundred and thirty-seven years before he stretched out his feet and was gathered to his fathers.
After his death Levi was laid in a coffin and later buried in Hebron beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Levi urged his children to choose either darkness or light, either the law of the Lord or the works of Beliar.
His sons vowed they would walk before the Lord according to His law, making themselves witnesses of that promise.
Levi declared that the Lord, His angels, he himself, and his sons were all witnesses to their spoken word.
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