Excerpt from The Old Covenant, Commonly Called the Old Testament, Vol. 3: Translated From the Septuagint My son, hear the instruction of thy father and reject not the maxims of thy mother: for thou wilt receive a graceful crown for thy head; and a chain of gold for thy neck. My son, let not wicked men lead thee astray. Consent not when they advise thee, saying, Come with us; partake of blood; and let us hide in the earth an innocent man without cause, and swallow him up alive, as the grave; and take away from earth the remembrance of him. Let us seize his precious sub stance and fill our houses with spoils. Cast in thy lot among us, and let us all have a common purse. Let one scrip serve us. Go not thou in the way with them; but turn thy foot from their paths. For nets are not spread for birds unjustly. For they who are accomplices to murder, treasure up evils for themselves. And doleful is the destruction of wicked men. Such are the ways of all who commit iniquitous deeds. For by wickedness they destroy their own soul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.