2:24Therefore, then I say unto you, ye will be jealous against the sons of Levi, and will seek to be exalted over them; but ye shall not be able.
2:25For God will avenge them, and ye shall die by an evil death. For to Levi God gave the sovereignty and to Judah with him and to me also, and to Dan and Joseph, that we should be for rulers.
2:26Therefore I command you to hearken to Levi, because he shall know the law of the Lord, and shall give ordinances for judgement and shall sacrifice for all Israel until the consummation of the times, as the anointed High Priest, of whom the Lord spake.
2:27I adjure you by the God of heaven to do truth each one unto his neighbour and to entertain love each one for his brother.
2:28And draw ye near to Levi in humbleness, of heart, that ye may receive a blessing from his mouth.
2:29For he shall bless Israel and Judah, because him hath the Lord chosen to be king over all the nation.
2:30And bow down before his seed, for on our behalf it will die in wars visible and invisible, and will be among you an eternal king.
2:31And Reuben died, having given these commands to his sons. And they placed him in a coffin until they carried him up from Egypt, and buried him in Hebron in the cave where his father was.