1 O Israelite children, descendants of the seed of Abraham, obey this law and in every way be religious, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 18:1
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Baruch 3:8–10
8 Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty according to all the iniquities of our fathers who departed from the Lord our God. (WEB) 9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life! Give… (WEB)
Deuteronomy 11:31–32
31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it, 32 be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
2 Baruch 77:2–4
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Testament of Judah 3:1–2
1 AND now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father, and keep my sayings to perform all the ordinances of the Lord, and to obey the commands of God. (T12) 2 And walk not after your lusts, nor in the imaginations of your thoughts in haughtiness of heart; a… (T12)
2 Esdras 9:29–31
29 “O Lord, you showed yourself among us, to our fathers in the wilderness, when they went out of Egypt, and when they came into the wilderness, where no man treads and that bears no fruit. (WEB) 30 You said, ‘Hear me, O Israel. Heed my words, O seed of Jacob. (WEB) 31 For behold,… (WEB)
Book of Jubilees 30:20–22
20 And we remember the righteousness which the man fulfilled during his life, at all periods of the year; until a thousand generations they will record it, and it will come to him and to his descendants after him, and he has been recorded on the heavenly tablets… (JUB)
Testament of Asher 1:41–43
41 He shall save Israel and all the Gentiles, God speaking in the person of man. (T12) 42 Therefore do ye also, my children, tell these things to your children, that they disobey Him not. (T12) 43 For I have known that ye shall assuredly be disobedient, and assuredly act ungodly, n… (T12)
Testament of Levi 3:42–44
42 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. (T12) 43 Now, therefore, observe whatsoever I command you, children; for whatsoever things I have heard from my fathers I have declar… (T12)
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