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The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance

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Section 10

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Author: Unknown

10. Now, therefore, observe whatsoever I

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command

you

,

children

;

for

whatsoever

things

I

have

heard

from

my

fathers

I

have

made

known

to

you

.

I

am

clear

from

all

your

ungodliness

and

transgression

which

ye

will

do

in

the

end

of

the

ages

against

the

Saviour

of

the

world

,

acting

ungodly

,

deceiving

Israel

,

and

raising

up

against

it

great

evils

from

the

Lord

.

And

ye

will

deal

lawlessly

with

Israel

,

so

that

Jerusalem

shall

not

endure

your

wickedness

;

but

the

veil

of

the

temple

shall

be

rent

,

so

as

not

to

cover

your

shame

.

And

ye

shall

be

scattered

as

captives

among

the

heathen

,

and

shall

be

for

a

reproach

and

for

a

curse

,

and

for

a

trampling

under

foot

.

For

the

house

which

the

Lord

shall

choose

shall

be

called

Jerusalem

,

as

is

contained

in

the

book

of

Enoch

the

righteous

.

Notes

20
[Annas and Caiaphas. John xix. 11.]
21
This document is frequently quoted in the Testaments: cf. Sim. 5; Levi 14, 16; Judah 18; Dan 5; Naph. 4; Benj. 9. Most of these citations, however, are not to be found in the work as it has come down to us. We must therefore either assume the reference to some other books of Enoch not now extant, or rather perhaps that they are general appeals to the spirit of the book, regarded as a great fount of prophecy.