Testament of Levi

Chapter 16

  1. 1 And now I have learnt that for seventy weeks ye shall go astray, and profane the priesthood, and
  2. 2 pollute the sacrifices. And ye shall make void the law, and set at nought the words of the prophets by evil perverseness. And ye shall persecute righteous men, and hate the godly the words of the
  3. 3 faithful shall ye abhor. [And a man who reneweth the law in the power of the Most High, ye shall call a deceiver; and at last ye shall rush (upon him) to slay him, not knowing his dignity, taking
  4. 4 innocent blood through wickedness upon your heads.] And your holy places shall be laid waste
  5. 5 even to the ground because of him. And ye shall have no place that is clean; but ye shall be among the Gentiles a curse and a dispersion until He shall again visit you and in pity shall receive you [through faith and water].