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

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Section 5

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5. On the next day we departed

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to

Areta

,

a

city

strong

and

walled

and

inaccessible

,

threatening

us

with

death

.

Therefore

I

and

Gad

approached

on

the

east

side

of

the

city

,

and

Reuben

and

Levi

on

the

west

and

south

.

And

they

that

were

upon

the

wall

,

thinking

that

we

were

alone

,

charged

down

upon

us

;

and

so

our

brethren

secretly

climbed

up

the

wall

on

both

sides

by

ladders

,

and

entered

into

the

city

,

while

the

men

knew

it

not

.

And

we

took

it

with

the

edge

of

the

sword

;

and

those

who

had

taken

refuge

in

the

tower

,

—

we

set

fire

to

the

tower

,

and

took

both

it

and

them

.

And

as

we

were

departing

the

men

of

Thaffu

set

upon

our

captives

,

and

we

took

it

with

our

sons

,

and

fought

with

them

even

to

Thaffu

;

and

we

slew

them

,

and

burnt

their

city

,

and

spoiled

all

the

things

that

were

therein

.

Notes

3
Cd. Oxon. reads ἑτέραν; but cf. Aresa, Jubilees, 34.