1 AND when I was going to my father, I found a brazen shield; wherefore also the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Gebal, to the south of Abila. (T12) 2 And I kept these words in my heart. And after this I counselled my father, and Reuben my brother, to bid the sons of Hamor not to be circumcised; for I was zealous because of the abomination which they had wrought on my sister. (T12) 3 And I slew Shechem first, and Simeon slew Hamor. And after this my brothers came and smote that city with the edge of the sword. (T12) 4 And my father heard these things and was wroth, and he was grieved in that they had received the circumcision, and after that had been put to death, and in his blessings he looked amiss upon us. (T12) 5 For we sinned because we had done this thing against his will, and he was sick on that day. (T12) 6 But I saw that the sentence of God was for evil upon Shechem; for they sought to do to Sarah and Rebecca as they had done to Dinah our sister, but the Lord prevented them. (T12) 7 And they persecuted Abraham our father when he was a stranger, and they vexed his flocks when they were big with young; and Eblaen, who was born in his house, they most shamefully handled. (T12) 8 And thus they did to all strangers, taking away their wives by force, and they banished them. (T12) 9 But the wrath of the Lord came upon them to the uttermost. (T12) 10 And I said to my father Jacob: By thee will the Lord despoil the Canaanites, and will give their land to thee and to thy seed after thee. (T12) 11 For from this day forward shall Shechem be called a city of imbeciles; for as a man mocketh a fool, so did we mock them. (T12) 12 Because also they had wrought folly in Israel by defiling my sister. And we departed and came to Bethel. (T12) 13 And there again I saw a vision as the former, after we had spent there seventy days. (T12) 14 And I saw seven men in white raiment saying unto me: Arise, put on the robe of the priesthood, and the crown of righteousness, and the breastplate of understanding, and the garment of truth, and the late of faith, and the turban of the head, and the ephod of prophecy. (T12) 15 And they severally carried these things and put them on me, and said unto me: From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever. (T12) 16 And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the staff of judgement. (T12) 17 The second washed me with pure. water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe. (T12) 18 The third clothed me with a linen vestment like an ephod. (T12) 19 The fourth put round me a girdle like unto purple. (T12) 20 The fifth gave me a branch of rich olive. (T12) 21 The sixth placed a crown on my head. (T12) 22 The seventh placed on my head a… (T12)
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