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The Testament of Naphtali Concerning Natural Goodness

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Section 8

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8. Behold, my children, I have shown

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unto

you

the

last

times

,

that

all

shall

come

to

pass

in

Israel

.

Do

ye

also

therefore

charge

your

children

that

they

be

united

to

Levi

and

to

Judah

.

For

through

Judah

shall

salvation

arise

unto

Israel

,

and

in

Him

shall

Jacob

be

blessed

.

For

through

his

tribe

shall

God

be

seen

dwelling

among

men

on

the

earth

,

to

save

the

race

of

Israel

,

and

He

shall

gather

together

the

righteous

from

the

Gentiles

.

If

ye

work

that

which

is

good

,

my

children

,

both

men

and

angels

will

bless

you

;

and

God

will

be

glorified

through

you

among

the

Gentiles

,

and

the

devil

will

flee

from

you

,

and

the

wild

beasts

will

fear

you

,

and

the

angels

will

cleave

to

you

.

For

as

if

a

man

rear

up

a

child

well

,

he

hath

a

kindly

remembrance

thereof

;

so

also

for

a

good

work

there

is

a

good

remembrance

with

God

.

But

him

who

doeth

not

that

which

is

good

,

men

and

angels

shall

curse

and

God

will

be

dishonoured

among

the

heathen

through

him

,

and

the

devil

maketh

him

his

own

as

his

peculiar

instrument

,

and

every

wild

beast

shall

master

him

,

and

the

Lord

will

hate

him

.

For

the

commandments

of

the

law

are

twofold

,

and

through

prudence

must

they

be

fulfilled

.

For

there

is

a

season

for

a

man

to

embrace

his

wife

,

and

a

season

to

abstain

therefrom

for

his

prayer

.

So

then

there

are

two

commandments

;

and

unless

they

be

done

in

due

order

,

they

bring

about

sin

.

So

also

is

it

with

the

other

commandments

.

Be

ye

therefore

wise

in

God

,

and

prudent

,

understanding

the

order

of

the

commandments

,

and

the

laws

of

every

work

,

that

the

Lord

may

love

you

.

Notes

7
[Eccles. iii. 5; 1 Cor. vii. 5.]