8 Now this is the spirit of anger that persuaded me to crush Joseph as a leopard crusheth a kid. (T12) 9 But the God of my fathers did not suffer him to fall into my hands, so that I should find him alone and slay him, and cause a second tribe to be destroyed in Israel. (T12) 10 And now, my children, behold I am dying, and I tell you of a truth, that unless ye keep yourselves from the spirit of lying and of anger, and love truth and longsuffering, ye shall perish. (T12)
Testament of Dan 1:8–10
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