12 For our father Israel is pure from the transgressions of the chief priests [who shall lay their hands upon the Saviour of the world]. (T12) 13 For as the heaven is purer in the Lord's sight than the earth, so also be ye, the lights of Israel, purer than all the Gentiles. (T12) 14 But if ye be darkened through transgressions, what, therefore, will all the Gentiles do living in blindness? (T12)
Testament of Levi 4:12–14
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