36  He invented the way of all instruction, and delivered it to Jacob his child, and to Israel his beloved.

36  He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.

37  After this, he was seen on earth, and he conversed with men.

37  Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.

4:1  “ ‘This is the book of the commandments of God and of the law, which exists in eternity. All those who keep it will attain to life, but those who have forsaken it, to death.

Bar4:1  This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.

4:2  Convert, O Jacob, and embrace it, walk in the way of its splendor, facing its light.

Bar4:2  Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.

4:3  Do not surrender your glory to another, nor your value to a foreign people.

Bar4:3  Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.

4:4  We have been happy, O Israel, because the things that are pleasing to God have been made clear to us.

Bar4:4  O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.