1 AND now, my children, I command you, love Levi, that ye may abide, and exalt not yourselves against him, lest ye be utterly destroyed. (T12) 2 For to me the Lord gave the kingdom, and to him the priesthood, and He set the kingdom beneath the priesthood. (T12) 3 To me He gave the things upon the earth; to him the things in the heavens. (T12)
Testament of Judah 4:1–3
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