The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 75
Zebulun 7
In winter the speaker secretly took a garment from his own house and gave it to a naked man in distress.
1ow I will declare unto you what I did, I saw a man in distress and nakedness in wintertime, and had compassion upon him, and stole away a garment secretly from my house, and gave it to him who was in distress.
2 Do you therefore, my children, from that which God bestoweth upon you, show compassion and mercy impartially to all men, and give to every man with a good heart.
3 And if ye have not at the time wherewith to give to him that asketh you, have compassion for him in bowels of mercy.
4 I know that my hand found not at the time wherewith to give to him that asked me, and I walked with him weeping for more than seven furlongs, and my bowels yearned towards him unto compassion.
Did You Know?
In winter the speaker secretly took a garment from his own house and gave it to a naked man in distress.
He urges children to show compassion and mercy impartially to all men from whatever God bestows.
Gifts should be offered to every person with a good heart whenever means are available.
Lacking anything to give an asker, he still walked weeping beside him for more than seven furlongs.
His bowels yearned toward the needy man unto compassion when his hand found nothing to offer.
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