The Assumption of Moses 5

1And when the day of reckoning shall draw nigh, and vengeance shall arise at the hand of the kings who are partakers of their evil deeds, and punishers of them,

2They themselves also shall be divided as to the truth,

3According as it hath been said: "They shall turn aside from righteousness, and approach to iniquity, and shall defile with pollutions the house of their captivity, and shall lust after strange gods."

4For they shall forsake the truth of God; but there shall be those who shall pollute the altar . . . even with their gifts, which they offer to the Lord, not being priests, but slaves born of slaves.

5And those who are their lawgivers, their teachers, in those days shall have respect unto men's persons for reward and receive gifts and pervert justice by receiving bribes.

6And it shall come to pass that the whole colony and the bounds of their habitations shall be filled with sins and iniquities . . . their judges shall be those who work unrighteousness against the Lord, and they shall give judgement for money according as each man desireth.