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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 6

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6. And she sendeth to me food sprinkled with enchantments

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.

And

when

the

eunuch

who

brought

it

came

,

I

looked

up

and

beheld

a

terrible

man

giving

me

with

the

dish

a

sword

,

and

I

perceived

that

her

scheme

was

for

the

deception

of

my

soul

.

And

when

he

had

gone

out

I

wept

,

nor

did

I

taste

that

or

any

other

of

her

food

.

So

then

after

one

day

she

came

to

me

and

observed

the

food

,

and

said

unto

me

,

What

is

this

,

that

thou

hast

not

eaten

of

the

food

?

And

I

said

unto

her

,

It

is

because

thou

filledst

it

with

death

;

and

how

saidst

thou

,

I

come

not

near

to

idols

but

to

the

Lord

alone

?

Now

therefore

know

that

the

God

of

my

father

hath

revealed

unto

me

by

an

angel

thy

wickedness

,

and

I

have

kept

it

to

convict

thee

,

if

haply

thou

mayest

see

it

and

repent

.

But

that

thou

mayest

learn

that

the

wickedness

of

the

ungodly

hath

no

power

over

them

that

reverence

God

in

chastity

,

I

took

it

and

ate

it

before

her

,

saying

,

The

God

of

my

fathers

and

the

Angel

of

Abraham

shall

be

with

me

.

And

she

fell

upon

her

face

at

my

feet

,

and

wept

;

and

I

raised

her

up

and

admonished

her

,

and

she

promised

to

do

this

iniquity

no

more

.