The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 61
Judah 26
Judah announced he would die that very day at one hundred and nineteen years of age before his children.
1bserve, therefore, my children, all the law of the Lord, for there is hope for all them who follow His way aright.
2 And he said to them: I die before your eyes this day, a hundred and nineteen years old.
3 Let no one bury me in costly apparel, nor tear open my bowels, for this shall they who are kings do: and carry me up to Hebron with you.
4 And Judah, when he had said these things, fell asleep; and his sons did according to all whatsoever he commanded them, and they buried him in Hebron with his fathers.
Did You Know?
Judah announced he would die that very day at one hundred and nineteen years of age before his children.
He forbade burial in costly apparel and ordered that no one tear open his bowels after death.
Judah noted that costly apparel and opened bowels were burial customs practiced by kings.
His sons were told to carry him up to Hebron so he could rest with his fathers.
After these final words Judah fell asleep and his sons buried him in Hebron as commanded.
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