33 Be ye therefore wise in God, my children, and prudent, understanding the order of His commandments, and the laws of every word, that the Lord may love you, (T12) 34 And when he had charged them with many such words, he exhorted them that they should remove his bones to Hebron, and that they should bury him with his fathers. (T12) 35 And when he had eaten and drunken with a merry heart, he covered his face and died. (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 2:33–35
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