21 And the Lord shall judge Israel first, for their unrighteousness; for when He appeared as God in the flesh to deliver them they believed Him not. (T12) 22 And then shall He judge all the Gentiles, as many as believed Him not when He appeared upon earth. (T12) 23 And He shall convict Israel through the chosen ones of the Gentiles, even as He reproved Esau through the Midianites, who deceived their brethren, so that they fell into fornication, and idolatry; and they were alienated from God, becoming therefore children in the portion of them that fear the Lord. (T12)
Testament of Benjamin 2:21–23
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