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The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money, and Fornication

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Section 17

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17. I charge you, therefore,

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my

children

,

not

to

love

money

,

nor

to

gaze

upon

the

beauty

of

women

;

because

for

the

sake

of

money

and

beauty

I

was

led

astray

to

Bathshua

the

Canaanite

.

For

I

know

that

because

of

these

two

things

shall

ye

who

are

my

race

fall

into

wickedness

;

for

even

wise

men

among

my

sons

shall

they

mar

,

and

shall

cause

the

kingdom

of

Judah

to

be

diminished

,

which

the

Lord

gave

me

because

of

my

obedience

to

my

father

.

For

I

never

disobeyed

a

word

of

Jacob

my

father

,

for

all

things

whatsoever

he

commanded

I

did

.

And

Abraham

,

the

father

of

my

father

,

blessed

me

that

I

should

be

king

in

Israel

,

and

Isaac

further

blessed

me

in

like

manner

.

And

I

know

that

from

me

shall

the

kingdom

be

established

.

Notes

19
[1 Kings xi. 1, and ver. 11.]