The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 181
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Cf. Test. Levi
9:1 f. The
primacy of
Levi is here
marked.
Levi is to
serve in the
sanctuary
as the two
highest
orders of
angels serve
in the highest
heaven.
Cf. Test. Levi
8:2 ff
he said unto him that they
were truly his sons: “And thou
hast truly seen that they are
truly my sons.” 11 And they
came near to him, and he
turned and kissed them and
embraced them both together.
12 And the spirit of prophecy
came down into his mouth,
and he took Levi by his right
hand and Judah by his left.
13 And he turned to Levi first,
and began to bless him first,
and said unto him:, ‘May the
Elohim of all, the very Yahuah
of all the ages, bless thee and
thy children throughout all
the ages. 14 And may Yahuah
give to thee and to thy seed
†greatness and great glory†,
and cause thee and thy seed,
from among all flesh, to
approach Him to serve in His
sanctuary as the angels of
the presence and as the holy
ones. (Even) as they, will the
seed of thy sons be for glory
and greatness and holiness,
and may He make them great
unto all the ages. 15 And they
will be princes and judges,
and chiefs of all the seed of
the sons of Jacob; They will
speak the word of Yahuah in
righteousness, And they will
judge all His judgments in
righteousness. And they will
declare My ways to Jacob
And My paths to Israel. The
R E T U R N
blessing of Yahuah will be
given in their mouths to bless
all the seed of the beloved.
16 Thy mother hath called
thy name Levi, And justly
hath she called thy name;
Thou wilt be joined to Yahuah
And be the companion of all
the sons of Jacob; Let His
table be thine, And do thou
and thy sons eat thereof; And
may thy table be full unto all
generations, And thy food fail
not unto all the ages. 17 And
let all who hate thee fall down
before thee, And let all thy
adversaries be rooted out and
perish; And blessed be he that
blesseth thee, And cursed be
every nation that curseth thee.
18 And to Judah he said: May
Yahuah give thee strength and
power To tread down all that
hate thee; A prince shalt thou
be, thou and one of thy sons,
over the sons of Jacob; May
thy name and the name of
thy sons go forth and traverse
every land and region. Then
will the Gentiles fear before
thy face, And all the nations
will quake And all the peoples
will quake]. 19 In thee shall
be the help of Jacob, And in
thee be found the salvation
of Israel. 20 And when thou
sittest on the throne of the
honour of thy righteousness,
There will be great peace for
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i. e. the
priestly
blessing;
cf. Ecclus.
50:20.
i. e. of
Abraham.
A play on the
name “Levi”
(= attaché);
cf. Gn. 29:34
(R.V. marg.);
also Nm.
18:2, 4.
Cf. Test. Levi
8:16 (“and
the table of
the Lord shall
thy seed
apportion”).
i. e.? the
Messiah who
is to spring
from Judah:
but if so the
expression
of the hope
is somewhat
vague. More
probably the
reference
is to the
historical
David.
i. e. the
name of
the Hebrew
people.
Yahudim.
Bracketed as
a dittograph.
