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

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Section 21

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21. And now, my children,

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love

Levi

,

that

ye

may

abide

,

and

exalt

not

yourselves

against

him

,

lest

ye

be

utterly

destroyed

.

For

to

me

the

Lord

gave

the

kingdom

,

and

to

him

the

priesthood

,

and

He

set

the

kingdom

beneath

the

priesthood

.

To

me

He

gave

the

things

upon

the

earth

;

to

him

the

things

in

the

heavens

.

As

the

heaven

is

higher

than

the

earth

,

so

is

the

priesthood

of

God

higher

than

the

kingdom

upon

the

earth

.

For

the

Lord

chose

him

above

thee

,

to

draw

near

to

Him

,

and

to

eat

of

His

table

and

first

-

fruits

,

even

the

choice

things

of

the

sons

of

Israel

,

and

thou

shalt

be

to

them

as

a

sea

.

For

as

,

on

the

sea

,

just

and

unjust

are

tossed

about

,

some

taken

into

captivity

while

others

are

enriched

,

so

also

shall

every

race

of

men

be

in

thee

,

some

are

in

jeopardy

and

taken

captive

,

and

others

shall

grow

rich

by

means

of

plunder

.

For

they

who

rule

will

be

as

great

sea

-

monsters

,

swallowing

up

men

like

fishes

:

free

sons

and

daughters

do

they

enslave

;

houses

,

lands

,

flocks

,

money

,

will

they

plunder

;

and

with

the

flesh

of

many

will

they

wrongfully

feed

the

ravens

and

the

cranes

;

and

they

will

go

on

further

in

evil

,

advancing

on

still

in

covetousness

.

And

there

shall

be

false

prophets

like

tempests

,

and

they

shall

persecute

all

righteous

men

.