... And then I washed my clothes and I purified them with pure water, and I washed myself completely in living water and all my paths I made straight. I Then I raised my eyes and face towards heaven and opened my mouth and spoke. And I stretched out the fingers of my hands and my hands... for truth towards the holy ones and I prayed and said, Lord, Thou knowest every heart, and Thou alone knowest all the thoughts of the heart. And now my sons are with me. Give me all the paths of truth, and distance from me, O Lord, the evil spirit and the evil inclination and fornication and repulse pride from me. And give me counsel, and wisdom and knowledge and might so as to do that which pleases Thee and find favour before Thee and give thanks for Thy dealings with me, O Lord, in order to do that which is splendid and good before Thee. And let no adversary have dominion over me to lead me astray from Thy way. And be merciful to me, O Lord, and draw me near that I may be Thy II servant and minister well to Thee ... Thou, O Lord, hast blessed Abraham my father and Sarah my mother and Thou didst say that Thou wouldst give them a righteous seed which would be blessed for ever. Listen therefore to the prayer of Thy servant Levi ... to practise righteous judgement for all eternity ... And do not remove the son of Thy servant from before Thee ... Then I went along... to my father Jacob. And when... from Abel- Mayin. Then I lay down and dwelled ... Then I saw visions ... in the appearance of this vision, I saw the heaven opened, and I saw a mountain underneath me, high, reaching up to heaven ... to me the gates of heaven, and an angel said to me: “Enter Levi” ...
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