22 He caused me also, therefore, to weep by these words, and I burned in my heart to declare that Joseph had been sold, but I feared my brethren. (T12) 23 And lo! my children, I have shown unto you the last times, how everything shall come to pass in Israel. (T12) 24 Do ye also, therefore, charge your children that they be united to Levi and to Judah; for through them shall salvation arise unto Israel, and in them shall Jacob be blessed. (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 2:22–24
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