23 And if you were not to receive mercy through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers, not one of our seed should be left upon the earth. (T12) 24 And now I have learnt that for seventy weeks ye shall go astray, and profane the priesthood, and pollute the sacrifices. (T12) 25 And ye shall make void the law, and set at nought the words of the prophets by evil perverseness. (T12)
Testament of Levi 4:23–25
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