23 For it was a law of the Amorites, that she who was about to marry should sit in fornication seven days by the gate. (T12) 24 Therefore being drunk with wine, I did not recognize her; and her beauty deceived me, through the fashion of her adorning. (T12) 25 And I turned aside to her, and said: Let me go in unto thee. (T12) 26 And she said: What wilt thou give me? And I gave her my staff, and my girdle, and the diadem of my kingdom in pledge. (T12) 27 And I went in unto her, and she conceived. (T12) 28 And not knowing what I had done, I wished to slay her; but she privily sent my pledges, and put me to shame. (T12)
Testament of Judah 2:23–28
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