1 And now, my children, be obedient to Lĕwi and to Yahuḏah. Do not exalt yourselves above these two tribes, because from them will arise the Savior from Elohim. 2 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 shall raise up from Lĕwi as it were a Kohĕn ha’Gadol, and from Yahuḏah as it were a Read more
1 And when Shim’on had finished his instructions to his sons, he fell asleep with his fathers at the age of one hundred and twenty years. 2 They placed him in a wooden coffin in order to carry his bones up to Ḥeḇron; they took them up in secret during Read more
1 And the sons of Shim’on uttered lamentations for their father. 2 And they were in Mitsrayim until the day of their departure by the hand of Mosheh.
1 A copy of the words of Lĕwi: the things that he decreed to his sons concerning all they were to do, and the things that would happen to them until the Day of Judgment. 2 He was in good health when he summoned them to him, but it had Read more
1 I, Lĕwi, was born in Ḥaran and came with my father to Sheḵem. 2 I was a youth, about twenty years old. It was then that, together with Shim’on, I performed vengeance against Ḥamor because of our sister, Dinah. 3 As I was tending the flocks in Aḇĕl-Maoul a Read more
1 Listen, therefore, concerning the shamayim which has been shown to you. 2 The lowest is dark for this reason: It sees all the injustices of humankind, 3 and contains fire, snow, and ice, ready for the day determined by Elohim’s righteous judgment. In it are all the ruaḥoth of Read more
1 Know, then, that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 will affect judgment on the sons of men. For even when stones are split, when the sun is extinguished, the waters are dried up, fire is cowed down, all creation is distraught, invisible spirits are vanishing, and Gĕy-Hinnom is snatching spoils by sufferance of the Read more
1 At this moment the messenger opened for me the gates of the shamayim and I saw the Qodesh Most High sitting on the throne. 2 And He said to me, ‘Lĕwi, to you I have given the beraḵah of the kehunnah until I shall come and dwell in the Read more
1 And as I was going to my father, I found a brass shield. This the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Geḇal to the right of Aḇima. 2 And I guarded these words in my heart. 3 Then I advised my father and Re’uḇĕn that they Read more
1 And I said to my father, Ya’aqoḇ, ‘Through you 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 will bring the Kena’anites to nothing and will give their land to you and your descendants after you. 2 For from this day forward, Sheḵem shall be called City of the Senseless, because as one might scoff at a Read more