Thus a little lad might go for days with his flock without fear of robbers, demons or danger of any other kind; they are, indeed, all holy and clean.

These Levites busy themselves with the Law and with the commandments, and they still live in the holiness of our master, Moses; therefore, God has given them all this good.

Moreover, they see nobody and nobody sees them, except the four tribes who dwell on the other side of the rivers of Cush; they see them, and speak to them, but the river Sambatyon is between them, as it is said: 'That thou mayest say to prisoners, Go forth' (Isaiah xlix., 9).

They have plenty of gold and silver; they sow flax and cultivate the crimson worm, and make beautiful garments.

Their number is double or four times the number that went out from Egypt.
"The river Sambatyon is 200 yards broad--'about as far as a bowshot' (Gen.xxi., 16), full of sand and stones, but without water; the stones make a great noise like the waves of the sea and a stormy wind, so that in the night the noise is heard at a distance of half a day's journey.
There are sources of water which collect themselves in one pool, out of which they water the fields.