1 KNOW ye therefore, my children, that in the last times your sons will forsake singleness, and will cleave unto insatiable desire. (T12)
Testament of Issachar 2:1
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2 Enoch 35:1–2
1 BEHOLD from their seed shall arise another generation, much afterwards, but of them many will be very insatiate. (2EN) 2 He who raises that generation, shall reveal to them the books of thy handwriting, of thy fathers, to them to whom he must point out the guardianshi… (2EN)
Testament of Gad 2:17–19
17 Do ye also therefore tell these things to your children, that they honour Judah and Levi, for from them shall the Lord raise up salvation to Israel. (T12) 18 For I know that at the last your children shall depart from Him, and shall walk in O wickedness, and affliction… (T12)
Testament of Levi 4:10–12
10 Whosoever teaches noble things and does them, shall be enthroned with kings, as was also Joseph my brother. (T12) 11 Therefore, my children, I have learnt that at the end of the ages ye will transgress against the Lord, stretching out hands to wickedness against Him; a… (T12)
Book of Enoch 12:4–6
4 ‘Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, †declare† to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives: (ENO) 5 “Y… (ENO)
Testament of Judah 3:36–38
36 And I know what evils ye will do in the last days. (T12) 37 Beware, therefore, my children, of fornication, and the love of money, and hearken to Judah your father. (T12) 38 For these things withdraw au from the law of God, and blind the inclination of the soul, and teach arroga… (T12)
Testament of Judah 4:14–16
14 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. (T12) 15 Now I have much grief, my children, because of your lewdness and witchcrafts, and idolatries which ye shall… (T12) 16 … (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 1:27–29
27 In like manner the Watchers also changed the order of their nature, whom the Lord cursed at the flood, on whose account He made the earth without inhabitants and fruitless. (T12) 28 These things I say unto you, my children, for I have read in the writing of Enoch that… (T12) 29 … (T12)
2 Esdras 8:49–51
49 in that you have humbled yourself, as it becomes you, and have not judged yourself among the righteous, so as to be much glorified. (WEB) 50 For many grievous miseries will fall on those who dwell in the world in the last times, because they have walked in great pride. (WEB) 51 … (WEB)
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