The Corruption of the Priests
Chapter 14
1And now, my children, I know from the writings of Enoch that in the end-time you will act impiously against the Lord, setting your hands to every evil deed; because of you, your brothers will be humiliated and among all the nations you shall become the occasion for scorn. 2For your father, Israel, is pure with respect to all the…
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