Testament of Levi 18

¹And after their punishment shall have come from the Lord, the priesthood shall fail. ²Then shall the Lord raise up a new priest. And to him all the words of the Lord shall be revealed; And he shall execute a righteous judgement upon the earth for a multitude of days. ³And his star shall arise in heaven as of a king. Lighting up the light of knowledge as the sun the day, And he shall be magnified in the world. ⁴He shall shine forth as the sun on the earth, And shall remove all darkness from under heaven, And there shall be peace in all the earth. ⁵The heavens shall exult in his days, And the earth shall be glad, And the clouds shall rejoice, [And the knowledge of the Lord shall be poured forth upon the earth, as the water of the seas; And the angels of the glory of the presence of the Lord shall be glad in him. ⁶The heavens shall be opened, And From the temple of glory shall come upon him sanctification, With the Father's voice as from Abraham to Isaac. ⁷And the glory of the Most High shall be uttered over him, And the spirit of understanding and sanctification shall rest upon him. ⁸For he shall give the majesty of the Lord to His sons in truth for evermore; And there shall none succeed him for all generations for ever. ⁹And in his priesthood the Gentiles shall be multiplied in knowledge upon the earth, And enlightened through the grace of the Lord: In his priesthood shall sin come to an end, And the lawless shall cease to do evil. [And the just shall rest in him.] ¹⁰And he shall open the gates of paradise, And shall remove the threatening sword against Adam. ¹¹And he shall give to the saints to eat from the tree of life, And the spirit of holiness shall be on them. ¹²And Beliar shall be bound by him, And he shall give power to His children to tread upon the evil spirits. ¹³And the Lord shall rejoice in His children, And be well pleased in His beloved ones for ever. ¹⁴Then shall Abraham and Isaac and Jacob exult, And I will be glad, And all the saints shall clothe themselves with joy.