Testament of Levi 8

¹And there again I saw a vision as the former, after we had spent there seventy days. ²And I saw seven men in white raiment saying unto me: Arise, put on the robe of the priesthood, and the crown of righteousness, and the breastplate of understanding, and the garment of truth, and the plate of faith, and the turban of the head, and the ephod of prophecy. ³And they severally carried (these things) and put (them,) on me, and said unto me: From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever. ⁴And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the staff of judgment. ⁵The second washed me with pure water, and fed me with bread and wine (even) the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe. ⁶The third clothed me with a linen vestment like an ephod. ⁷The, fourth put round me a girdle like unto purple. ⁸The fifth gave me a branch of rich olive. ⁹The sixth placed a crown on my head. ¹⁰The seventh placed on my head a diadem of priesthood, and filled my hands with incense, that I might serve as priest to the Lord God. ¹¹And they said to me: Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three offices, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come. ¹²And the first portion shall be great; yea, greater than it shall none be. ¹³The second shall be in the priesthood. ¹⁴And the third shall be called by a new name, because a king shall arise in Judah, and shall establish a new priesthood, after the fashion of the Gentiles. ¹⁵And His presence is beloved, as a prophet of the Most High, of the seed of Abraham our father. ¹⁶Therefore, every desirable thing in Israel shall be for thee and for thy seed, And ye shall eat everything fair to look upon, And the table of the Lord shall thy seed apportion. ¹⁷And some of them shall be high priests, and judges, and scribes; For by their mouth shall the holy place be guarded., ¹⁸And when I awoke, I understood that this (dream) was like the first dream. ¹⁹And I hid this also in my heart, and told it not to any man upon the earth.