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

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Section 13

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13. And now, my children,

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in

what

things

so

ever

I

command

you

hearken

to

your

father

,

and

keep

all

my

sayings

to

perform

the

ordinances

of

the

Lord

,

and

to

obey

the

command

of

the

Lord

God

.

And

walk

not

after

your

lusts

,

nor

in

the

thoughts

of

your

imaginations

in

the

haughtiness

of

your

heart

;

and

glory

not

in

the

works

of

the

strength

of

youth

,

for

this

also

is

evil

in

the

eyes

of

the

Lord

.

For

since

I

also

gloried

that

in

wars

the

face

of

no

woman

of

goodly

form

ever

deceived

me

,

and

upbraided

Reuben

my

brother

concerning

Bilhah

,

the

wife

of

my

father

,

the

spirits

of

jealousy

and

of

fornication

arrayed

themselves

within

me

,

until

I

fell

before

Bathshua

the

Canaanite

,

and

Tamar

who

was

espoused

to

my

sons

.

And

I

said

to

my

father

-

in

-

law

,

I

will

counsel

with

my

father

,

and

so

will

I

take

thy

daughter

.

And

he

showed

me

a

boundless

store

of

gold

in

his

daughter’s

behalf

,

for

he

was

a

king

.

And

he

decked

her

with

gold

and

pearls

,

and

caused

her

to

pour

out

wine

for

us

at

the

feast

in

womanly

beauty

.

And

the

wine

led

my

eyes

astray

,

and

pleasure

blinded

my

heart

;

and

I

loved

her

,

and

I

fell

,

and

transgressed

the

commandment

of

the

Lord

and

the

commandment

of

my

fathers

,

and

I

took

her

to

wife

.

And

the

Lord

rewarded

me

according

to

the

thought

of

my

heart

,

insomuch

that

I

had

no

joy

in

her

children

.