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Jashen continued to say, "At sunset on the following day you choose a young bullock of your flock and kill it before the altar, and you shall of the blood of the bullock and put it upon the chest of the Covenant with your finger as a sin offering, and you shall burn all the fat of the bullock on the altar. Then God himself shall speak to what man of you is chief priest, and give commandment, and the fast shall be ended, for God Most High shall deem the tenth word of the Covenant to be fulfilled."

And Jashen departed from Beit-El.

Levi son of Israel took to wife Adinah of Harran. And the eldest son of Levi was Kohath. In the one hundred seven and twentieth year of the Covenant Levi slept with his fathers and Kohath became high priest unto God Most High.

Zerah son of Judah took to wife Parah daughter of Avim the Janumite. Zerah begat a daughter, Adah, and he begat Zimri, who took to wife Nahaliel dauighter of Holon the Azemite. And Zerah built the town of Baalath after the manner of Beit-El.

Zimri son of Zerah begat a daughter, Michaiah, and he begat Onam, who took to wife Eglah daughter of Gibrah. The same Zimri smote the Canaanites of Metheg-ammah and subdued them, and took the town out of their hands.

Onam son of Zimri begat a daughter, Azubah, and he begat Abinadab, who took to wife Maachah daughter of Shion. The same Abinadab became the first chieftain of the tribe of Judah.

And the Judahites built the cities of Eglon and Lachish, and seized the cities of Jarmuth and Jebus, but the five strong cities of the Philistines that lay on the coast they could not possess, namely Ashkelon, Gaza, Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron.

Then God Most High gave perpetual ordinances to Kohath the high priest which he declared were binding upon all the children of Israel. Bat-El said, "You shall stand idly by when a human life is in danger. You shall not afflict an orphan or a widow. You shall not to wrong a stranger in speech or in commerce. You shall not smite your parents. You shall not curse a priest."

And these are the ordinances God declared governing the yearly festivals. Bat-El said, "Do no work on the two days of the festival of First Fruits. Do no work on the head of the year, when the Table of the Covenant makes the sound of the horn. Do work on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, neither shall you eat or drink on Yom Kippur.