26 1Observe, therefore, my children, all the law of the Lord, for there is hope for all them who hold fast unto His ways. 2And he said to them: Behold, I die before your eyes this day, a hundred and nineteen years old. 3Let no one bury me in costly apparel, nor tear open my bowels, for this shall they who are kings do; and carry me up to Hebron with you. 4And Judah, when he had said these things, fell asleep; and his sons did according to all whatsoever he commanded them, and they buried him in Hebron, with his fathers.