7 to which our twelve tribes hope to ^zattain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this ^ahope I am accused by Jews, O king!

Greeting

1 ^aJames, a ^bservant¹ of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes in the ^cDispersion:

Greetings.

12 It had a ^ogreat, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and ^pon the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed—