11 Therefore, my children, I have learnt that at the end of the ages ye will transgress against the Lord, stretching out hands to wickedness against Him; and to all the Gentiles shall ye become a scorn. (T12) 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)
Testament of Levi 4:11–13
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