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For thus they allured the Watchers [*1] who were before the flood; for as these continually beheld them, they lusted after them, and they conceived the act in their mind; for they changed themselves into the shape of men, and appeared to them when they were with their husbands.

And command the women likewise not to associate with men, that they also may be pure in mind.

For God will avenge them, and ye shall die by an evil death. For to Levi God gave the sovereignty and to Judah with him and to me also, and to Dan and Joseph, that we should be for rulers.

Two years therefore I afflicted my soul with fasting in the fear of the Lord, and I learnt that deliverance from envy cometh by the fear of God.

And henceforward he sympathiseth with him whom he envied and forgiveth those who are hostile to him, and so ceaseth from his envy.

Do ye also, my children, love each one his brother with a good heart, and the spirit of envy will withdraw from you.

For even in sleep malicious jealousy gnaweth, and with wicked spirits disturbeth the soul, and causeth the body to be troubled, and waketh the mind from sleep in confusion; and as a wicked and poisonous spirit, so appeareth it to men.

For I have seen it inscribed in the writing of Enoch that your sons shall be corrupted in fornication, and shall do harm to the sons of Levi with the sword.

Then shall I arise in Joy and will bless the Most High because of his marvellous works, because God hath taken a body and eaten with men and saved men.

And when Simeon had made an end of commanding his sons, he slept with fathers, an hundred and twenty years old.

For the sorcerers told them, that on the departure of the bones of Joseph there should be throughout all the land darkness and gloom, and an exceeding great plague to the Egyptians, so that even with a lamp a man should not recognize his brother.

I, Levi, was born in Haran, and I came with my father to Shechem.

And I was young, about twenty years of age, when, with Simeon, I wrought vengeance on Hamor for our sister Dinah.

On this account with punishment shall they be judged.

Then the angel brought me down to the earth, and gave me a shield and a sword, and said to me: Execute vengeance on Shechem because of Dinah, thy sister, and I will be with thee because the Lord hath sent me.

And I slew Shechem first, and Simeon slew Hamor. And after this my brothers came and smote that city with the edge of the sword.

And they persecuted Abraham our father when he was a stranger, and they vexed his flocks when they were big with young; and Eblaen, who was born in his house, they most shamefully handled.

And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the staff of judgement.

The second washed me with pure. water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.

The second washed me with pure. water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.

The second washed me with pure. water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.

The third clothed me with a linen vestment like an ephod.

The seventh placed on my head a diadem of priesthood, and filled my hands with incense, that I might serve as priest to the Lord God.

And after two days I and Judah went up with our father Jacob to Isaac our father's father.

And my father's 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 of all thy first-fruits and of wine offer the first, as a sacrifice to the Lord God; and every sacrifice thou shalt salt with salt.

And ye shall deal lawlessly together with Israel, so He shall not bear with Jerusalem because of your wickedness; but the veil of the temple shall be rent, so as not to cover your shame.

And ye shall deal lawlessly together with Israel, so He shall not bear with Jerusalem because of your wickedness; but the veil of the temple shall be rent, so as not to cover your shame.

And she bare me a third son, in the fortieth year of my life; and since his mother bare him with difficulty, I called him Merari, that is, 'my bitterness,' because he also was like to die.

AND now, my children, I command you: Fear the Lord your God with your whole heart, and walk in simplicity according to all His law.

Get wisdom in the fear of God with diligence; for though there be a leading into captivity, and cities and lands be destroyed, and gold and silver and every possession perish, the wisdom of the wise nought can take away, save the blindness of ungodliness, and the callousness that comes of sin.

Whosoever teaches noble things and does them, shall be enthroned with kings, as was also Joseph my brother.

The offerings of the Lord ye shall rob, and from His portion shall ye steal choice portions, eating them contemptuously with harlots.

And out of covetousness ye shall teach the commandments of the Lord, wedded women shall ye pollute, and the virgins of Jerusalem shall ye defile; and with harlots and adulteresses shall ye be joined, and the daughters of the Gentiles shall ye take to wife, purifying them with an unlawful purification; and your union shall be like unto Sodom and Gomorrah,

And out of covetousness ye shall teach the commandments of the Lord, wedded women shall ye pollute, and the virgins of Jerusalem shall ye defile; and with harlots and adulteresses shall ye be joined, and the daughters of the Gentiles shall ye take to wife, purifying them with an unlawful purification; and your union shall be like unto Sodom and Gomorrah,

For ye shall contemn the holy things with jests and laughter.

And his priesthood shall be perfect with the Lord, and in the day of his gladness shall he arise for the salvation of the world.

The heavens shall be opened, and from the temple of glory shall come upon him sanctification, with the Father's voice as from Abraham to Isaac.

Then shall Abraham and Isaac and Jacob exult, and I will be glad, and all the saints shall clothe themselves with joy.

And they laid him in a coffin, and afterwards they buried him in Hebron, with I Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And when the two kings of the Canaanites came sheathed, in armour against our flocks, and much people with them, single handed I rushed upon the king of Hazor, and smote him on the greives and dragged him down, and so I slew him.

And I fought with this other for two hours; and I clave his shield in twain, and I chopped off his feet, and killed him.

And as I was stripping off his breastplate, behold nine men his companions began to fight with me,

Therefore my father was free from anxiety in the wars when I was with my brethren.

And in the south there came upon us a greater war than that in Shechem; and I joined in battle array with my brethren, and pursued a thousand men, and slew of them two hundred men and four kings.

And the next day we departed to Aretan, a city strong and walled and inaccessible, threatening us with death.

And we took it with the edge of the sword.

And as we were departing the men of Tappuah seized our spoil, and seeing this we fought with them.

And we fought with them and routed them; and their allies from Shiloh we slew, and we did not leave them power to come in against us.

And the next day it was told us that the king of the city of Gaash with. a mighty host was coming against us.

We came upon them, therefore, with wrath, and they all fled; and passing by another way, they fought my father, and he made peace with them.

We came upon them, therefore, with wrath, and they all fled; and passing by another way, they fought my father, and he made peace with them.

AND eighteen years my father abode in peace with his brother Esau, and his sons with us, after that we came from Mesopotamia, from Laban.

AND eighteen years my father abode in peace with his brother Esau, and his sons with us, after that we came from Mesopotamia, from Laban.

And when eighteen years were fulfilled, in the fortieth year of my life, Esau, the brother of my father, came upon us with a mighty and strong people.

And Jacob smote Esau with an arrow, and he was taken up wounded on Mount Seir, and as he went he died at Anoniram.

Now they had a city with walls of iron and gates of brass; and we could not enter into it, and we encamped around, and besieged it.

And when they opened not to us in twenty days, I set up a ladder in the sight of all and with my shield upon my head I went up, sustaining the assault of stones, upwards of three talents weight; and I slew four of their mighty men.

Then they asked from us terms of peace; and having taken counsel with our father, we received them as tributaries.

In the days of the wedding feast I gave Onan to her in marriage; and he also in wickedness knew her not, though he spent with her a year.

And she also died through her wickedness together with her sons.

Therefore being drunk with wine, I did not recognize her; and her beauty deceived me, through the fashion of her adorning.

And when I called her, I heard also the secret words which I spoke when lying with her in my drunkenness; and I could not slay her, because it was from the Lord.

Since I also gloried that in wars no comely woman's face ever enticed me, and reproved Reuben my brother concerning Bilhah, the wife of my father, the spirits of jealousy and of fornication arrayed themselves against me, until I lay with Bathshua the Canaanite, and Tamar, who was espoused to my sons.

For I said to my father-in-law: I will take counsel with my father, and so will I take thy daughter.

And he adorned her with gold and pearls, and caused her to pour out wine for us at the feast with the beauty of women.

And he adorned her with gold and pearls, and caused her to pour out wine for us at the feast with the beauty of women.

And I became enamoured of and I lay with her, and transgressed the commandment of the Lord and the commandment of my fathers, and I took her to wife.

And now, my children, I say unto you, be not drunk with wine; for wine turneth the mind away from, the truth, and inspires the passion of lust, and leadeth the eyes into error.

For if a man drink wine to drunkenness, it disturbeth the mind with filthy thoughts leading to fornication, and heateth the body to carnal union; and if the occasion of the lust be present, he worketh the sin, and is not ashamed.

They rob his soul of all goodness, and oppress him with toils and troubles, and drive away sleep from him, and devour his flesh.

And with the flesh of many shall they wrongfully feed the ravens and the cranes; and they shall advance in evil in covetousness uplifted, and there shall be false prophets like tempest, and they shall persecute all righteous men.

And He shall guard the might of my kingdom for ever; for the Lord aware to me with an oath that He would not destroy the kingdom from my seed for ever.

Until the Lord visit you, when with perfect heart ye repent and walk in all His commandments, and He bring you up from captivity among the Gentiles.

Walking with the sons of men in meekness and righteousness;

Let no one bury me in costly apparel, nor tear open my bowels, for this shall they who are kings do; and carry me up to Hebron with you.

And Judah, when he had said these things, fell asleep; and his sons did according to all whatsoever he commanded them, and they buried him in Hebron, with his fathers.

Then appeared to Jacob an angel of the Lord, saying: Two children shall Rachel bear, inasmuch as she hath refused company with her husband, and hath chosen continency.

For He knew that for the sake of children she wished to company with Jacob, and not for lust of pleasure.

Therefore, when I was thirty-five years old, I took to myself a wife, for my labour wore away my strength, and I never thought upon pleasure with women; but owing to my toil, sleep overcame me.

And the spirits of deceit have no power against him, for he looketh not on the beauty of women, lest he should pollute his mind with corruption.

There is no envy in his thoughts, no malicious person maketh his soul to pine away, nor worry with insatiable desire in his mind.

Keep, therefore, my children, the law of God, and get singleness, and walk in guilelessness, not playing the busybody with the business of your neighbour, but love the Lord and your neighbour, have compassion on the poor and weak.

Bow down your back unto husbandry, and toil in labours in all manner of husbandry, offering gifts to the Lord with thanksgiving.

For with the first-fruits of the earth will the Lord bless you, even as He blessed all the saints from Abel even until now.

For our father Jacob blessed me with blessings of the earth and of first-fruits.

If any man were in distress I joined my sighs with his,

And I shared my bread with the poor.

I loved the Lord; likewise also every man with all my heart.

And every wild beast shall ye subdue, since you have with you the God of heaven and earth and walk with men in singleness of heart.

And every wild beast shall ye subdue, since you have with you the God of heaven and earth and walk with men in singleness of heart.

And having said these things, he commanded his sons that they should carry him up to Hebron, and bury him there in the cave with his fathers.

And he stretched out his feet and died, at a good old age; with every limb sound, and with strength unabated, he slept the eternal sleep.

And he stretched out his feet and died, at a good old age; with every limb sound, and with strength unabated, he slept the eternal sleep.

For when I was born my father was increased very exceedingly, both in flocks and herds, when with the straked rods he had his portion.

Nor yet do I remember that I have done any iniquity, except the sin of ignorance which I committed against Joseph; for I covenanted with my brethren not to tell my father what had been done.

But when they wished to kill him, I adjured them much with tears not to be guilty of this sin.

For Simeon and Gad came against Joseph to kill him, and he said unto them with tears: Pity me, my brethren, have mercy upon the bowels of Jacob our father: lay not upon me your hands to shed innocent blood, for I have not sinned against you.

And if indeed I have sinned, with chastening chastise me, my brethren, but lay not upon me your hand, for the sake of Jacob our father,

And I wept with Joseph and my heart sounded, and the joints of my body trembled, and I was not able to stand.