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for it is not acceptable [for it
is not approved] and let it no
No trace of longer be eaten, and all who
such halakic eat thereof will bring sin upon
rules exists
in the Books themselves; for thus I have
of Enoch or
the fragments found it written in the books
of the Noah
apocalypse of my forefathers, and in the
that are
extant. Are words of Enoch, and in the
there other
books as words of Noah. 11 And on
well?
all and let not the salt of the
Cf. Lv. 2:13; covenant be lacking in all
Test. Levi
9:14 thy oblations before Yahuah.
In Test. Levi 12 And as regards the wood
ix. 12 “twelve”
evergreen of the sacrifices, beware lest
trees are
mentioned; thou bring (other) wood for
here
fourteen, and the altar in addition to these:
this number
is probably cypress, dêfrân, sagâd, pine,
correct. fir, cedar, savin, palm, olive,
dêfrân
Probably a myrrh, laurel, and citron,
kind of fir.
juniper, and balsam. 13 And
of these kinds of wood lay
upon the altar under the
sacrifice, such as have been
tested as to their appearance,
and do not lay (thereon) any
split or dark wood, (but) hard
and clean, without fault, a
The Mishna
(Tamid sound and new growth; and
2:3) allows all
kinds of wood do not lay (thereon) old wood,
except that [for its fragrance is gone] for
of the olive
and vine; cf., there is no longer fragrance in
also, Sifra on
Lev. 1:8. Did it as before. 14 Besides these
Pharisees
change the kinds of wood there is none
Bible again?
other that thou shalt place (on
the altar), for the fragrance
is dispersed, and the smell
of its fragrance goeth not up
to heaven. 15 Observe this
commandment and do it,
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my son, that thou mayst be
upright in all thy deeds.
16 And at all times be clean in
thy body, and wash thyself with
water before thou approachest
to offer on the altar, and wash
thy hands and thy feet before
thou drawest near to the
altar; and when thou art done
sacrificing, wash again thy
Cf. Ex. 30:19hands and thy feet. 17 And let 21; cf.
no blood appear upon you nor Test. Levi 9:2
upon your clothes; be on thy
guard, my son, against blood,
be on thy guard exceedingly;
cover it with dust. 18 And do
not eat any blood, for it is the Cf. Lv. 17:13.
7:28 (note).
soul; eat no blood whatever.
19 And take no gifts for
the blood of man, lest it be Cf. Lv. 17:14;
shed with impunity, without Dt. 12:23
judgment; for it is the blood
that is shed that causeth the
earth to sin, and the earth
cannot be cleansed from the
blood of man save by the
blood of him who shed it.
20 And take no present or gift
for the blood of man: blood Cf. 7:33;
for blood, that thou mayest be Num. 35:33
accepted before Yahuah, the
Most High Elohim; for He is
the defence of the good: and
that thou mayest be preserved
from all evil, and that He may
save thee from every kind of
death. 21 I see, my son, That
all the works of the children
of men are sin
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