Assumption of Moses 3:1-14

¹And so you shall cross over the Jordan and shall lead the people into the land which I have given them.

²And all the things which I have told them shall come upon them; the curses of the covenant shall come upon them.

³And they will turn aside from the covenant in those days; they will forsake the commandments of the Lord.

⁴And they will build the sanctuary of the Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob; the temple of the Lord shall be given over to the rulers, and the sacrifices shall be corrupted.

⁵For some of the rulers, when they are heard, shall offer many sacrifices, and their hands shall work abominations.

⁶And their teachers shall be partial in judgment, and their judges shall accept bribes, and they shall commit impurity at the command of the king.

⁷The rulers shall say to their leaders: Do not depart from our side, for we shall be made rich through you.

⁸For they shall be like men who do not fear God, but judge as they please. And they shall be carried away into captivity in a foreign land.

⁹And their land shall be overrun by enemies for a time; they shall be scattered among the nations in disgrace.

¹⁰And two tribes shall be divided from the ten tribes; they shall be led away into the land of the east.

¹¹The ten tribes shall be led away from the land into captivity and shall dwell among the nations.

¹²But the two tribes shall keep to their faith, though they shall be sorrowful and lamenting, because they cannot offer sacrifices to the Lord of their fathers.

¹³And the ten tribes shall increase and multiply among the Gentiles during the time of their captivity.

¹⁴And they shall leave their children behind them in foreign lands as strangers.