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The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy

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Section 5

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5. And now, my children, I bid

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you

to

keep

the

commands

of

the

Lord

,

and

to

show

mercy

upon

your

neighbour

,

and

to

have

compassion

towards

all

,

not

towards

men

only

,

but

also

towards

beasts

.

For

for

this

thing’s

sake

the

Lord

blessed

me

;

and

when

all

my

brethren

were

sick

I

escaped

without

sickness

,

for

the

Lord

knoweth

the

purposes

of

each

.

Have

therefore

compassion

in

your

hearts

,

my

children

,

because

even

as

a

man

doeth

to

his

neighbour

,

even

so

also

will

the

Lord

do

to

him

.

For

the

sons

of

my

brethren

were

sickening

,

were

dying

on

account

of

Joseph

,

because

they

showed

not

mercy

in

their

hearts

;

but

my

sons

were

preserved

without

sickness

,

as

ye

know

.

And

when

I

was

in

Canaan

,

by

the

sea

-

coast

,

I

caught

spoil

of

fish

for

Jacob

my

father

;

and

when

many

were

choked

in

the

sea

,

I

abode

unhurt

.