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The Testament of Issachar Concerning Simplicity

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Section 3

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3. When, therefore, I grew up, my

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children

,

I

walked

in

uprightness

of

heart

,

and

I

became

a

husbandman

for

my

parents

and

my

brethren

,

and

I

brought

in

fruits

from

the

field

according

to

their

season

;

and

my

father

blessed

me

,

for

he

saw

that

I

walked

in

simplicity

.

And

I

was

not

a

busybody

in

my

doings

,

nor

malicious

and

slanderous

against

my

neighbour

.

I

never

spoke

against

any

one

,

nor

did

I

censure

the

life

of

any

man

,

but

walked

in

the

simplicity

of

my

eyes

.

Therefore

when

I

was

thirty

years

old

I

took

to

myself

a

wife

,

for

my

labour

wore

away

my

strength

,

and

I

never

thought

upon

pleasure

with

women

;

but

through

my

labour

my

sleep

sufficed

me

,

and

my

father

always

rejoiced

in

my

simplicity

.

For

on

whatever

I

laboured

I

offered

first

to

the

Lord

,

by

the

hands

of

the

priests

,

of

all

my

produce

and

all

first

-

fruits

;

then

to

my

father

,

and

then

took

for

myself

.

And

the

Lord

increased

twofold

His

benefits

in

my

hands

;

and

Jacob

also

knew

that

God

aided

my

simplicity

,

for

on

every

poor

man

and

every

one

in

distress

I

bestowed

the

good

things

of

the

earth

in

simplicity

of

heart

.