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The Testament of Dan Concerning Anger and Lying

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Author: Unknown

1. The record of the words of Dan,

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which

he

spake

to

his

sons

in

his

last

days

.

In

the

hundred

and

twenty

-

fifth

year

of

his

life

he

called

together

his

family

,

and

said

:

Hearken

to

my

words

,

ye

sons

of

Dan

;

give

heed

to

the

words

of

the

mouth

of

your

father

.

I

have

proved

in

my

heart

,

and

in

my

whole

life

,

that

truth

with

just

dealing

is

good

and

well

-

pleasing

to

God

,

and

that

lying

and

anger

are

evil

,

because

they

teach

man

all

wickedness

.

I

confess

this

day

to

you

,

my

children

,

that

in

my

heart

I

rejoiced

concerning

the

death

of

Joseph

,

a

true

and

good

man

;

and

I

rejoiced

at

the

selling

of

Joseph

,

because

his

father

loved

him

more

than

us

.

For

the

spirit

of

jealousy

and

of

vainglory

said

to

me

,

Thou

also

art

his

son

.

And

one

of

the

spirits

of

Beliar

wrought

with

me

,

saying

,

Take

this

sword

,

and

with

it

slay

Joseph

;

so

shall

thy

father

love

thee

when

he

is

slain

.

This

is

the

spirit

of

anger

that

counselled

me

,

that

even

as

a

leopard

devoureth

a

kid

,

so

should

I

devour

Joseph

.

But

the

God

of

Jacob

our

father

gave

him

not

over

into

my

hands

that

I

should

find

him

alone

,

nor

suffered

me

to

work

this

iniquity

,

that

two

tribes

should

be

destroyed

in

Israel

.

Notes

1
[The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.]