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The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance

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Section 9

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9. And after two days I and Judah

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went

up

to

Isaac

after

our

father

;

and

the

father

of

my

father

blessed

me

according

to

all

the

words

of

the

visions

which

I

had

seen

:

and

he

would

not

come

with

us

to

Bethel

.

And

when

we

came

to

Bethel

,

my

father

Jacob

saw

in

a

vision

concerning

me

,

that

I

should

be

to

them

for

a

priest

unto

the

Lord

;

and

he

rose

up

early

in

the

morning

,

and

paid

tithes

of

all

to

the

Lord

through

me

.

And

we

came

to

Hebron

to

dwell

there

,

and

Isaac

called

me

continually

to

put

me

in

remembrance

of

the

law

of

the

Lord

,

even

as

the

angel

of

God

showed

to

me

.

And

he

taught

me

the

law

of

the

priesthood

,

of

sacrifices

,

whole

burnt

-

offerings

,

first

-

fruits

,

free

-

will

offerings

,

thank

-

offerings

.

And

each

day

he

was

instructing

me

,

and

was

busied

for

me

before

the

Lord

.

And

he

said

to

me

,

Take

heed

,

my

child

,

of

the

spirit

of

fornication

;

for

this

shall

continue

,

and

shall

by

thy

seed

pollute

the

holy

things

.

Take

therefore

to

thyself

,

while

yet

thou

art

young

,

a

wife

,

not

having

blemish

,

nor

yet

polluted

,

nor

of

the

race

of

the

Philistines

or

Gentiles

.

And

before

entering

into

the

holy

place

,

bathe

;

and

when

thou

offerest

the

sacrifice

,

wash

;

and

again

when

thou

finishest

the

sacrifice

,

wash

.

Of

twelve

trees

ever

having

leaves

,

offer

up

the

fruits

to

the

Lord

,

as

also

Abraham

taught

me

;

and

of

every

clean

beast

and

clean

bird

offer

a

sacrifice

to

the

Lord

,

and

of

every

firstling

and

of

wine

offer

first

-

fruits

;

and

every

sacrifice

thou

shalt

salt

with

salt

.

Notes

17
Or rather, with Cd. Oxon., “with our father.”
18
We constantly find Peter, in the Clementine Homilies and Recognitions, combining with the Agapæ the practice of bathing. Cf., e.g., Recog., iv. 3, v. 36.
19
Cf. Hom., xiv. 1. [Lev. ii. 13; Mark ix. 49.]