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The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance

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2. I Levi was conceived in Haran and

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born

there

,

and

after

that

I

came

with

my

father

to

Shechem

.

And

I

was

young

,

about

twenty

years

of

age

,

when

with

Simeon

I

wrought

the

vengeance

on

Hamor

for

our

sister

Dinah

.

And

when

we

were

feeding

our

flocks

in

Abel

-

Maul

,

a

spirit

of

understanding

of

the

Lord

came

upon

me

,

and

I

saw

all

men

corrupting

their

way

,

and

that

unrighteousness

had

built

to

itself

walls

,

and

iniquity

sat

upon

towers

;

and

I

grieved

for

the

race

of

men

,

and

I

prayed

to

the

Lord

that

I

might

be

saved

.

Then

there

fell

upon

me

a

sleep

,

and

I

beheld

a

high

mountain

:

this

is

the

mountain

of

Aspis

in

Abel

-

Maul

.

And

behold

,

the

heavens

were

opened

,

and

an

angel

of

God

said

to

me

,

Levi

,

enter

.

And

I

entered

from

the

first

heaven

into

the

second

,

and

I

saw

there

water

hanging

between

the

one

and

the

other

.

And

I

saw

a

third

heaven

far

brighter

than

those

two

,

for

there

was

in

it

a

height

without

bounds

.

And

I

said

to

the

angel

,

Wherefore

is

this

?

And

the

angel

said

to

me

,

Marvel

not

at

these

,

for

thou

shalt

see

four

other

heavens

brighter

than

these

,

and

without

comparison

,

when

thou

shalt

have

ascended

thither

:

because

thou

shalt

stand

near

the

Lord

,

and

shalt

be

His

minister

,

and

shall

declare

His

mysteries

to

men

,

and

shalt

proclaim

concerning

Him

who

shall

redeem

Israel

;

and

by

thee

and

Judah

shall

the

Lord

appear

among

men

,

saving

in

them

every

race

of

men

;

and

of

the

portion

of

the

Lord

shall

be

thy

life

,

and

He

shall

be

thy

field

and

vineyard

,

fruits

,

gold

,

silver

.

Notes

1
[Isa. xi. 2.]
2
See below, c. 6.
3
Cf. Luke xxiv. 21.