The Assumption of Moses 4

1Then one shall enter, that shall be over them, and he shall spread forth his hands, and kneel upon his knees and pray for them saying:

2"Lord of all, King on Thy lofty seat, That rulest over the world, That didst will that this people should be unto Thee a peculiar people, and Thou didst will to be called their God according to the Covenant, which Thou madest with their fathers.

3And they went as captives to a strange land with their wives and children, and around the gates of strangers, and where there is great vanity;

4Have respect unto them and pity them, O Lord of heaven."

5Then God will remember them because of the covenant, which He made with their fathers and will show forth His mercy also in those times.

6And He will put it into the mind of a king to have pity on them, and he shall send them back to their own land and country.

7Then shall some part of the tribes go up and come to the place appointed for them and shall entrench the place anew.

8And the two tribes shall remain in the faith laid down for them, sad and groaning, because they cannot offer sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.

9And the ten tribes shall increase and spread among the Gentiles in the time of their tribulation.