22 Besides all these there is an eighth spirit of sleep, with which is brought about the trance of nature and the of death. (T12) 23 With these spirits are mingled the spirits of error. (T12) 24 First, the spirit of fornication is seated in the nature and in the senses; (T12)
Testament of Reuben 1:22–24
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