1 My children, I have shown you the last times, how everything will come to pass in Israel. 2 So you also must charge your children to stay united with Levi and Judah, for through them salvation will arise for Israel, and in them Jacob will be blessed. 3 For through their tribes God will appear on earth, dwelling among people, to save the race of Israel and to gather the righteous from among the Gentiles. 4 If you do what is good, my children, both people and angels will bless you; God will be glorified among the Gentiles through you, the devil will flee from you, the wild beasts will fear you, the Lord will love you,⁠a and the angels will hold fast to you. 5 Just as a man who has trained a child well is remembered with kindness, so a good deed is remembered well before God. 6 But whoever does not do what is good, both angels and people will curse; God will be dishonored among the Gentiles through him, the devil will make him his own special instrument, every wild beast will dominate him, and the Lord will hate him. 7 For the commandments of the law are twofold, and they must be fulfilled with discernment. 8 There is a time for a man to be with his wife, and a time to abstain from her for his prayer. 9 So there are two commandments, and unless they are done in their proper order, they bring great sin upon people. 10 It is the same with the other commandments. 11 So be wise in God, my children, and discerning, understanding the order of his commandments and the rules for every matter, so that the Lord may love you.