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The Testament of Naphtali Concerning Natural Goodness

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Section 3

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3. Be ye not therefore eager to corrupt your

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doings

through

excess

,

or

with

empty

words

to

deceive

your

souls

;

because

if

ye

keep

silence

in

purity

of

heart

,

ye

shall

be

able

to

hold

fast

the

will

of

God

,

and

to

cast

away

the

will

of

the

devil

.

Sun

and

moon

and

stars

change

not

their

order

;

so

also

ye

shall

not

change

the

law

of

God

in

the

disorderliness

of

your

doings

.

Nations

went

astray

,

and

forsook

the

Lord

,

and

changed

their

order

,

and

followed

stones

and

stocks

,

following

after

spirits

of

error

.

But

ye

shall

not

be

so

,

my

children

,

recognising

in

the

firmament

,

in

the

earth

,

and

in

the

sea

,

and

in

all

created

things

,

the

Lord

who

made

them

all

,

that

ye

become

not

as

Sodom

,

which

changed

the

order

of

its

nature

,

in

like

manner

also

the

Watchers

changed

the

order

of

their

nature

,

whom

also

the

Lord

cursed

at

the

flood

,

and

for

their

sakes

made

desolate

the

earth

,

that

it

should

be

uninhabited

and

fruitless

.

Notes

6
Cf. Reuben 5 [note 3, p. 10 supra].