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The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance

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Section 14

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14. And now, my children, I

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have

learnt

from

the

writing

of

Enoch

that

at

the

last

ye

will

deal

ungodly

,

laying

your

hands

upon

the

Lord

in

all

malice

;

and

your

brethren

shall

be

ashamed

because

of

you

,

and

to

all

the

Gentiles

shall

it

become

a

mocking

.

For

our

father

Israel

shall

be

pure

from

the

ungodliness

of

the

chief

priests

who

shall

lay

their

hands

upon

the

Saviour

of

the

world

.

Pure

is

the

heaven

above

the

earth

,

and

ye

are

the

lights

of

the

heaven

as

the

sun

and

the

moon

.

What

shall

all

the

Gentiles

do

if

ye

be

darkened

in

ungodliness

?

So

shall

ye

bring

a

curse

upon

our

race

for

whom

came

the

light

of

the

world

,

which

was

given

among

you

for

the

lighting

up

of

every

man

.

Him

will

ye

desire

to

slay

,

teaching

commandments

contrary

to

the

ordinances

of

God

.

The

offerings

of

the

Lord

will

ye

rob

,

and

from

His

portion

will

ye

steal

;

and

before

ye

sacrifice

to

the

Lord

,

ye

will

take

the

choicest

parts

,

in

despitefulness

eating

them

with

harlots

.

Amid

excesses

will

ye

teach

the

commandments

of

the

Lord

,

the

women

that

have

husbands

will

ye

pollute

,

and

the

virgins

of

Jerusalem

will

ye

defile

;

and

with

harlots

and

adulteresses

will

ye

be

joined

.

The

daughters

of

the

Gentiles

will

ye

take

for

wives

,

purifying

them

with

an

unlawful

purification

;

and

your

union

shall

be

like

unto

Sodom

and

Gomorrah

in

ungodliness

.

And

ye

will

be

puffed

up

because

of

the

priesthood

lifting

yourselves

up

against

men

.

And

not

only

so

,

but

being

puffed

up

also

against

the

commands

of

God

,

ye

will

scoff

at

the

holy

things

,

mocking

in

despitefulness

.

Notes

23
[John i. 4–9; viii. 12; ix. 5, etc.]
24
The word πλεονξία, like the English “excess,” has not unfrequently special reference to sins of sensuality. Cf. 1 Cor. v. 11; Eph. iv. 19; v. 3, 5; Col. iii. 5; 1 Thess. iv. 6, the context in all of which passages points strongly to this conclusion. See Suicer’s Thesaurus, s.v.