The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1And now I command you, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of money and beauty I was led astray to Bathshua the Canaanite.
2[For I know that because of these two things shall my race fall into wickedness.
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