The Book of Enoch

From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament R.H. harles! O"ford# The larendon Press

Section I. Chapters I-XXXVI Introduction $-%. Para&le of Enoch on the Future 'ot of the (icked and the Righteous.

The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be
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li ing in the da! of tribulation, when all the wic"ed and godless are to be re#o ed. $nd he too" up his parable and said --Enoch a righteous #an, whose e!es were opened b! %od, saw the ision of the &ol! 'ne in the hea ens, which the angels showed #e, and fro# the# I heard e er!thing, and fro# the# I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a re#ote one which is
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for to co#e. Concerning the elect I said, and too" up #! parable concerning the#) The &ol! %reat 'ne will co#e forth fro# &is dwelling,
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$nd the eternal %od will tread upon the earth, +e en, on -ount Sinai, .$nd appear fro# &is ca#p/ $nd appear in the strength of &is #ight fro# the hea en of hea ens.
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$nd all shall be s#itten with fear $nd the 1atchers shall 2ua"e, $nd great fear and tre#bling shall sei3e the# unto the ends of the earth.
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$nd the high #ountains shall be sha"en, $nd the high hills shall be #ade low, $nd shall #elt li"e wa5 before the fla#e.
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$nd the earth shall be wholl! rent in sunder, $nd all that is upon the earth shall perish, $nd there shall be a 7udge#ent upon all +#en,.
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9ut with the righteous &e will #a"e peace, $nd will protect the elect, $nd #erc! shall be upon the#. $nd the! shall all belong to %od, $nd the! shall be prospered, $nd the! shall all be blessed.

$nd &e will help the# all, $nd light shall appear unto the#, $nd &e will #a"e peace with the#.
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$nd behold; &e co#eth with ten thousands of &is hol! ones To e5ecute 7udge#ent upon all, $nd to destro! all the ungodl!) $nd to con ict all flesh 'f all the wor"s of their ungodliness which the! ha e ungodl! co##itted, $nd of all the hard things which ungodl! sinners ha e spo"en against &i#.
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'bser e !e e er!thing that ta"es place in the hea en, how the! do not change their orbits, and the lu#inaries which are in the hea en, how the! all rise and set in order each in its season, and
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transgress not against their appointed order. 9ehold !e the earth, and gi e heed to the things which ta"e place upon it fro# first to last, how steadfast the! are, how none of the things upon earth
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change, but all the wor"s of %od appear to !ou. 9ehold the su##er and the winter, how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.
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'bser e and see how +in the winter, all the trees see# as though the! had withered and shed all their lea es, e5cept fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage fro# two to three !ears till the new co#es.
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$nd again, obser e !e the da!s of su##er how the sun is abo e the earth o er against it. $nd !ou see" shade and shelter b! reason of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with glowing heat, and so !ou cannot tread on the earth, or on a roc" b! reason of its heat.
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'bser e !e how the trees co er the#sel es with green lea es and bear fruit) wherefore gi e !e heed and "now with regard to all &is wor"s, and recogni3e how &e that li eth for e er hath #ade the# so.
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$nd all &is wor"s go on thus fro# !ear to !ear for e er, and all the tas"s which the! acco#plish for &i#, and their tas"s change not, but according as %od hath ordained so is it done.

$nd behold how the sea and the ri ers in li"e #anner acco#plish and change not their tas"s fro# &is co##and#ents<.
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9ut !e --!e ha e not been steadfast, nor done the co##and#ents of the =ord, 9ut !e ha e turned awa! and spo"en proud and hard words 1ith !our i#pure #ouths against &is greatness. 'h, !e hard-hearted, !e shall find no peace.
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Therefore shall !e e5ecrate !our da!s, $nd the !ears of !our life shall perish, $nd the !ears of !our destruction shall be #ultiplied in eternal e5ecration, $nd !e shall find no #erc!.
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In those da!s !e shall #a"e !our na#es an eternal e5ecration unto all the righteous,
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$nd b! !ou shall all who curse, curse, $nd all the sinners and godless shall i#precate b! !ou,
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$nd for !ou the godless there shall be a curse.

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$nd all the ... shall re7oice,

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$nd there shall be forgi eness of sins,

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$nd e er! #erc! and peace and forbearance)

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There shall be sal ation unto the#, a goodl! light.

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$nd for all of !ou sinners there shall be no sal ation,

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9ut on !ou all shall abide a curse.

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9ut for the elect there shall be light and 7o! and peace,
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$nd the! shall inherit the earth.

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$nd then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdo#, $nd the! shall all li e and ne er again sin, Either through ungodliness or through pride) 9ut the! who are wise shall be hu#ble.
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$nd the! shall not again transgress, >or shall the! sin all the da!s of their life, >or shall the! die of +the di ine, anger or wrath, 9ut the! shall co#plete the nu#ber of the da!s of their life. $nd their li es shall be increased in peace, $nd the !ears of their 7o! shall be #ultiplied,

In eternal gladness and peace, $ll the da!s of their life. %$--$. The Fall of the Angels# the .emorali/ation of 0ankind# the $ntercession of the Angels on &ehalf of 0ankind. The .ooms pronounced &y 1od on the Angels of the 0essianic 2ingdom-- 3a 4oah fragment5.
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$nd it ca#e to pass when the children of #en had #ultiplied that in those da!s were born unto
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the# beautiful and co#el! daughters. $nd the angels, the children of the hea en, saw and lusted after the#, and said to one another) <Co#e, let us choose us wi es fro# a#ong the children of #en
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and beget us children.< $nd Se#7?3?, who was their leader, said unto the#) <I fear !e will not
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indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall ha e to pa! the penalt! of a great sin.< $nd the! all answered hi# and said) <=et us all swear an oath, and all bind oursel es b! #utual i#precations
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not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.< Then sware the! all together and bound the#sel es
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b! #utual i#precations upon it. $nd the! were in all two hundred@ who descended in the da!s of Aared on the su##it of -ount &er#on, and the! called it -ount &er#on, because the! had sworn
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and bound the#sel es b! #utual i#precations upon it. $nd these are the na#es of their leaders) Sa#Ba3?3, their leader, $r?"Bba, C?#DDl, EF"abBDl, T?#BDl, C?#BDl, G?nDl, H3D2DDl, 9ar?2B7?l,
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$s?Dl, $r#?rFs, 9at?rDl, $n?nDl, Ia2BDl, Sa#s?pDDl, SatarDl, TJrDl, AF#7?Dl, SariDl. These are their chiefs of tens.
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$nd all the others together with the# too" unto the#sel es wi es, and each chose for hi#self one, and the! began to go in unto the# and to defile the#sel es with the#, and the! taught the# char#s
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and enchant#ents, and the cutting of roots, and #ade the# ac2uainted with plants. $nd the!
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beca#e pregnant, and the! bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells) 1ho consu#ed
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all the ac2uisitions of #en. $nd when #en could no longer sustain the#, the giants turned against
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the# and de oured #an"ind. $nd the! began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and
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fish, and to de our one another<s flesh, and drin" the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.
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$nd $3?3Dl taught #en to #a"e swords, and "ni es, and shields, and breastplates, and #ade "nown to the# the #etals of the earth and the art of wor"ing the#, and bracelets, and orna#ents, and the use of anti#on!, and the beautif!ing of the e!elids, and all "inds of costl! stones, and all
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colouring tinctures. $nd there arose #uch godlessness, and the! co##itted fornication, and the!
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were led astra!, and beca#e corrupt in all their wa!s. Se#7?3? taught enchant#ents, and root-cuttings, <$r#?rFs the resol ing of enchant#ents, 9ar?2B7?l +taught, astrolog!, EF"abDl the constellations, H3D2DDl the "nowledge of the clouds, $ra2iDl the signs of the earth, Sha#siDl the signs of the sun, and SariDl the course of the #oon. $nd as #en perished, the! cried, and their cr! went up to hea en...
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$nd then -ichael, Kriel, Caphael, and %abriel loo"ed down fro# hea en and saw #uch blood being
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shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. $nd the! said one to another) <The earth #ade without inhabitant cries the oice of their cr!ingst up to the gates of hea en.
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$nd now to !ou, the hol! ones of hea en, the souls of #en #a"e their suit, sa!ing, L9ring our cause
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before the -ost &igh.L< $nd the! said to the =ord of the ages) <=ord of lords, %od of gods, Eing of "ings, and %od of the ages, the throne of Th! glor! +standeth, unto all the generations of the
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ages, and Th! na#e hol! and glorious and blessed unto all the ages; Thou hast #ade all things, and power o er all things hast Thou) and all things are na"ed and open in Th! sight, and Thou seest all

things, and nothing can hide itself fro# Thee. Thou seest what $3?3Dl hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and re ealed the eternal secrets which were +preser ed, in hea en, which
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#en were stri ing to learn) $nd Se#7?3?, to who# Thou hast gi en authorit! to bear rule o er his associates. $nd the! ha e gone to the daughters of #en upon the earth, and ha e slept with the
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wo#en, and ha e defiled the#sel es, and re ealed to the# all "inds of sins. $nd the wo#en ha e
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borne giants, and the whole earth has thereb! been filled with blood and unrighteousness. $nd now, behold, the souls of those who ha e died are cr!ing and #a"ing their suit to the gates of hea en, and their la#entations ha e ascended) and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are 11 wrought on the earth. $nd Thou "nowest all things before the! co#e to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer the#, and Thou dost not sa! to us what we are to do to the# in regard to these.<
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Then said the -ost &igh, the &ol! and %reat 'ne spa"e, and sent Kriel to the son of =a#ech,
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and said to hi#) <%o to >oah and tell hi# in #! na#e L&ide th!self;L and re eal to hi# the end that is approaching) that the whole earth will be destro!ed, and a deluge is about to co#e
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upon the whole earth, and will destro! all that is on it. $nd now instruct hi# that he #a! escape
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and his seed #a! be preser ed for all the generations of the world.< $nd again the =ord said to Caphael) <9ind $3?3Dl hand and foot, and cast hi# into the dar"ness) and #a"e an opening
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in the desert, which is in GJd?Dl, and cast hi# therein. $nd place upon hi# rough and 7agged roc"s, and co er hi# with dar"ness, and let hi# abide there for e er, and co er his face that he #a! 4,6 not see light. $nd on the da! of the great 7udge#ent he shall be cast into the fire. $nd heal the earth which the angels ha e corrupted, and proclai# the healing of the earth, that the! #a! heal the plague, and that all the children of #en #a! not perish through all the secret things that the
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1atchers ha e disclosed and ha e taught their sons. $nd the whole earth has been corrupted
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through the wor"s that were taught b! $3?3Dl) to hi# ascribe all sin.< $nd to %abriel said the =ord) <Nroceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication) and destro! .the children of fornication and/ the children of the 1atchers fro# a#ongst #en .and cause the# to go forth/) send the# one against the other that the! #a! destro! each other in
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battle) for length of da!s shall the! not ha e. $nd no re2uest that the! +i.e. their fathers, #a"e of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf@ for the! hope to li e an eternal life, and
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that each one of the# will li e fi e hundred !ears.< $nd the =ord said unto -ichael) <%o, bind Se#7?3? and his associates who ha e united the#sel es with wo#en so as to ha e defiled the#sel es
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with the# in all their uncleanness. $nd when their sons ha e slain one another, and the! ha e seen the destruction of their belo ed ones, bind the# fast for se ent! generations in the alle!s of the earth, till the da! of their 7udge#ent and of their consu##ation, till the 7udge#ent that is
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for e er and e er is consu##ated. In those da!s the! shall be led off to the ab!ss of fire) and
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to the tor#ent and the prison in which the! shall be confined for e er. $nd whosoe er shall be conde#ned and destro!ed will fro# thenceforth be bound together with the# to the end of all
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generations. $nd destro! all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the 1atchers, because
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the! ha e wronged #an"ind. Gestro! all wrong fro# the face of the earth and let e er! e il wor" co#e to an end) and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear) and it shall pro e a blessing@ the wor"s of righteousness and truth< shall be planted in truth and 7o! for e er#ore.
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$nd then shall all the righteous escape, $nd shall li e till the! beget thousands of children, $nd all the da!s of their !outh and their old age Shall the! co#plete in peace.
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$nd then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and
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be full of blessing. $nd all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and the! shall plant ines on it) and the ine which the! plant thereon shall !ield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each #easure +of it, shall bear a thousand, and each #easure of oli es shall !ield
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ten presses of oil. $nd cleanse thou the earth fro# all oppression, and fro# all unrighteousness, and fro# all sin, and fro# all godlessness) and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth
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destro! fro# off the earth. $nd all the children of #en shall beco#e righteous, and all nations
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shall offer adoration and shall praise -e, and all shall worship -e. $nd the earth shall be cleansed fro# all defile#ent, and fro# all sin, and fro# all punish#ent, and fro# all tor#ent, and I will ne er again send +the#, upon it fro# generation to generation and for e er.
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$nd in those da!s I will open the store cha#bers of blessing which are in the hea en, so as to send
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the# down upon the earth o er the wor" and labour of the children of #en. $nd truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all the da!s of the world and throughout all the generations of #en.< -$$--%$. .ream-%ision of Enoch# his $ntercession for A/</=l and the Fallen Angels# and his Announcement of their first and final .oom.
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9efore these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of #en "new where he was
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hidden, and where he abode, and what had beco#e of hi#. $nd his acti ities had to do with the 1atchers, and his da!s were with the hol! ones.
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$nd I Enoch was blessing the =ord of #a7est! and the Eing of the ages, and lo; the 1atchers
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called #e --Enoch the scribe-- and said to #e) <Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the 1atchers of the hea en who ha e left the high hea en, the hol! eternal place, and ha e defiled the#sel es with wo#en, and ha e done as the children of earth do, and ha e ta"en unto the#sel es
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wi es) LOe ha e wrought great destruction on the earth) $nd !e shall ha e no peace nor forgi eness
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of sin) and inas#uch as the! delight the#sel es in their children, The #urder of their belo ed ones shall the! see, and o er the destruction of their children shall the! la#ent, and shall #a"e supplication unto eternit!, but #erc! and peace shall !e not attain.L<

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$nd Enoch went and said) <$3?3Dl, thou shalt ha e no peace) a se ere sentence has gone forth
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against thee to put thee in bonds) $nd thou shalt not ha e toleration nor re2uest granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness which thou hast taught, and because of all the wor"s of godlessness
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and unrighteousness and sin which thou hast shown to #en.< Then I went and spo"e to the# all
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together, and the! were all afraid, and fear and tre#bling sei3ed the#. $nd the! besought #e to draw up a petition for the# that the! #ight find forgi eness, and to read their petition in the presence
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of the =ord of hea en. Por fro# thenceforward the! could not spea" +with &i#, nor lift up their
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e!es to hea en for sha#e of their sins for which the! had been conde#ned. Then I wrote out their petition, and the pra!er in regard to their spirits and their deeds indi iduall! and in regard to their
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re2uests that the! should ha e forgi eness and length. $nd I went off and sat down at the waters of Gan, in the land of Gan, to the south of the west of &er#on) I read their petition till I fell
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asleep. $nd behold a drea# ca#e to #e, and isions fell down upon #e, and I saw isions of chastise#ent, and a oice ca#e bidding +#e, to tell it to the sons of hea en, and repri#and the#.
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$nd when I awa"ed, I ca#e unto the#, and the! were all sitting gathered together, weeping in
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<$bels7?Bl, which is between =ebanon and SDnDsDr, with their faces co ered. $nd I recounted before the# all the isions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to spea" the words of righteousness, and to repri#and the hea enl! 1atchers.
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The boo" of the words of righteousness, and of the repri#and of the eternal 1atchers in accordance
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with the co##and of the &ol! %reat 'ne in that ision. I saw in #! sleep what I will now sa! with a tongue of flesh and with the breath of #! #outh) which the %reat 'ne has gi en to #en to
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con erse therewith and understand with the heart. $s &e has created and gi en to #an the power of understanding the word of wisdo#, so hath &e created #e also and gi en #e the power of repri#anding
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the 1atchers, the children of hea en. I wrote out !our petition, and in #! ision it appeared thus, that !our petition will not be granted unto !ou throughout all the da!s of eternit!, and that 7udge#ent
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has been finall! passed upon !ou) !ea +!our petition, will not be granted unto !ou. $nd fro# henceforth !ou shall not ascend into hea en unto all eternit!, and in bonds of the earth the decree
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has gone forth to bind !ou for all the da!s of the world. $nd +that, pre iousl! !ou shall ha e seen the destruction of !our belo ed sons and !e shall ha e no pleasure in the#, but the! shall fall before
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!ou b! the sword. $nd !our petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor !et on !our own) e en though !ou weep and pra! and spea" all the words contained in the writing which I ha e
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written. $nd the ision was shown to #e thus) 9ehold, in the ision clouds in ited #e and a #ist su##oned #e, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened #e, and the winds in
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the ision caused #e to fl! and lifted #e upward, and bore #e into hea en. $nd I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of cr!stals and surrounded b! tongues of fire) and it began to affright
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#e. $nd I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of cr!stals) and the walls of the house were li"e a tesselated floor +#ade, of cr!stals, and its groundwor" was
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of cr!stal. Its ceiling was li"e the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between the# were
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fier! cherubi#, and their hea en was +clear as, water. $ fla#ing fire surrounded the walls, and its
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portals bla3ed with fire. $nd I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice) there
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were no delights of life therein) fear co ered #e, and tre#bling gat hold upon #e. $nd as I 2ua"ed
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and tre#bled, I fell upon #! face. $nd I beheld a ision, $nd lo; there was a second house, greater
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than the for#er, and the entire portal stood open before #e, and it was built of fla#es of fire. $nd in e er! respect it so e5celled in splendour and #agnificence and e5tent that I cannot describe to
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!ou its splendour and its e5tent. $nd its floor was of fire, and abo e it were lightnings and the path
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of the stars, and its ceiling also was fla#ing fire. $nd I loo"ed and saw therein a loft! throne) its appearance was as cr!stal, and the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the ision of
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cherubi#. $nd fro# underneath the throne ca#e strea#s of fla#ing fire so that I could not loo"
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thereon. $nd the %reat %lor! sat thereon, and &is rai#ent shone #ore brightl! than the sun and
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was whiter than an! snow. >one of the angels could enter and could behold &is face b! reason
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of the #agnificence and glor! and no flesh could behold &i#. The fla#ing fire was round about &i#, and a great fire stood before &i#, and none around could draw nigh &i#) ten thousand ti#es
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ten thousand +stood, before &i#, !et &e needed no counselor. $nd the #ost hol! ones who were
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nigh to &i# did not lea e b! night nor depart fro# &i#. $nd until then I had been prostrate on #! face, tre#bling) and the =ord called #e with &is own #outh, and said to #e) <Co#e hither,
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Enoch, and hear #! word.< $nd one of the hol! ones ca#e to #e and wa"ed #e, and &e #ade #e rise up and approach the door) and I bowed #! face downwards.
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$nd &e answered and said to #e, and I heard &is oice) <Pear not, Enoch, thou righteous
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#an and scribe of righteousness) approach hither and hear #! oice. $nd go, sa! to the 1atchers of hea en, who ha e sent thee to intercede for the#) LOou should intercedeL for #en, and not #en
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for !ou) 1herefore ha e !e left the high, hol!, and eternal hea en, and lain with wo#en, and defiled !oursel es with the daughters of #en and ta"en to !oursel es wi es, and done li"e the children
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of earth, and begotten giants +as !our, sonsQ $nd though !e were hol!, spiritual, li ing the eternal life, !ou ha e defiled !oursel es with the blood of wo#en, and ha e begotten +children, with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of #en, ha e lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die 0 and perish. Therefore ha e I gi en the# wi es also that the! #ight i#pregnate the#, and beget
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children b! the#, that thus nothing #ight be wanting to the# on earth. 9ut !ou were for#erl!
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spiritual, li ing the eternal life, and i##ortal for all generations of the world. $nd therefore I ha e not appointed wi es for !ou@ for as for the spiritual ones of the hea en, in hea en is their dwelling.
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$nd now, the giants, who are produced fro# the spirits and flesh, shall be called e il spirits upon
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the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. E il spirits ha e proceeded fro# their bodies@ because the! are born fro# #en and fro# the hol! 1atchers is their beginning and pri#al origin@
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the! shall be e il spirits on earth, and e il spirits shall the! be called. .$s for the spirits of hea en, in hea en shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling./ $nd the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destro!, attac", do battle, and wor" destruction on the earth, and cause trouble) the! ta"e no food, but ne ertheless
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hunger and thirst, and cause offences. $nd these spirits shall rise up against the children of #en and against the wo#en, because the! ha e proceeded fro# the#.
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Pro# the da!s of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, fro# the souls of whose flesh the spirits, ha ing gone forth, shall destro! without incurring 7udge#ent --thus shall the! destro! until the da! of the consu##ation, the great 7udge#ent in which the age shall be
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consu##ated, o er the 1atchers and the godless, !ea, shall be wholl! consu##ated.L $nd now as to the watchers who ha e sent thee to intercede for the#, who had been aforeti#e in hea en, +sa!
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to the#,) LOou ha e been in hea en, but all the #!steries had not !et been re ealed to !ou, and !ou "new worthless ones, and these in the hardness of !our hearts !ou ha e #ade "nown to the wo#en, and through these #!steries wo#en and #en wor" #uch e il on earth.L
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-%$$----%$. Enoch>s ?ourneys through the Earth and @heol. -%$$--$-. The First ?ourney.
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$nd the! too" and brought #e to a place in which those who were there were li"e fla#ing fire,
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and, when the! wished, the! appeared as #en. $nd the! brought #e to the place of dar"ness, and to a #ountain the point of whose su##it reached to hea en. $nd I saw the places of the lu#inaries and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the utter#ost depths, where were
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a fier! bow and arrows and their 2ui er, and a fier! sword and all the lightnings. $nd the! too"
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#e to the li ing waters, and to the fire of the west, which recei es e er! setting of the sun. $nd I ca#e to a ri er of fire in which the fire flows li"e water and discharges itself into the great sea towards
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the west. I saw the great ri ers and ca#e to the great ri er and to the great dar"ness, and went
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to the place where no flesh wal"s. I saw the #ountains of the dar"ness of winter and the place
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whence all the waters of the deep flow. I saw the #ouths of all the ri ers of the earth and the #outh of the deep.
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I saw the treasuries of all the winds) I saw how &e had furnished with the# the whole creation
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and the fir# foundations of the earth. $nd I saw the corner-stone of the earth) I saw the four
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winds which bear .the earth and/ the fir#a#ent of the hea en. $nd I saw how the winds stretch out the aults of hea en, and ha e their station between hea en and earth) these are the pillars
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of the hea en. I saw the winds of hea en which turn and bring the circu#ference of the sun and
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all the stars to their setting. I saw the winds on the earth carr!ing the clouds) I saw the paths

of the angels. I saw at the end of the earth the fir#a#ent of the hea en abo e. $nd I proceeded and saw a place which burns da! and night, where there are se en #ountains of #agnificent stones,
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three towards the east, and three towards the south. $nd as for those towards the east, one was of coloured stone, and one of pearl, and one of 7acinth, and those towards the south of red stone.
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9ut the #iddle one reached to hea en li"e the throne of %od, of alabaster, and the su##it of the
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throne was of sapphire. $nd I saw a fla#ing fire. $nd be!ond these #ountains Is a region the end of the great earth) there the hea ens were co#pleted. $nd I saw a deep ab!ss, with colu#ns of hea enl! fire, and a#ong the# I saw colu#ns of fire fall, which were be!ond #easure ali"e towards
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the height and towards the depth. $nd be!ond that ab!ss I saw a place which had no fir#a#ent of the hea en abo e, and no fir#l! founded earth beneath it) there was no water upon it, and no
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birds, but it was a waste and horrible place. I saw there se en stars li"e great burning #ountains,
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and to #e, when I in2uired regarding the#, The angel said) <This place is the end of hea en and
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earth) this has beco#e a prison for the stars and the host of hea en. $nd the stars which roll o er the fire are the! which ha e transgressed the co##and#ent of the =ord in the beginning of
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their rising, because the! did not co#e forth at their appointed ti#es. $nd &e was wroth with the#, and bound the# till the ti#e when their guilt should be consu##ated +e en, for ten thousand !ears.<
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$nd Kriel said to #e) <&ere shall stand the angels who ha e connected the#sel es with wo#en, and their spirits assu#ing #an! different for#s are defiling #an"ind and shall lead the# astra! into sacrificing to de#ons as gods, +here shall the! stand,, till the da! of the great 7udge#ent in
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which the! shall be 7udged till the! are #ade an end of. $nd the wo#en also of the angels who
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went astra! shall beco#e sirens.< $nd I, Enoch, alone saw the ision, the ends of all things) and no #an shall see as I ha e seen.

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$nd these are the na#es of the hol! angels who watch. Kriel, one of the hol! angels, who is
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o er the world and o er Tartarus. Caphael, one of the hol! angels, who is o er the spirits of #en.
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Caguel, one of the hol! angels who ta"es engeance on the world of the lu#inaries. -ichael, one
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of the hol! angels, to wit, he that is set o er the best part of #an"ind and o er chaos. Sara2?Dl,
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one of the hol! angels, who is set o er the spirits, who sin in the spirit. %abriel, one of the hol!
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angels, who is o er Naradise and the serpents and the Cherubi#. Ce#iel, one of the hol! angels, who# %od set o er those who rise. --$----%$. The @econd ?ourney of Enoch. --$. Preliminary and final Place of Punishment of the fallen Angels 3stars5.
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$nd I proceeded to where things were chaotic. $nd I saw there so#ething horrible) I saw neither
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a hea en abo e nor a fir#l! founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible. $nd there I saw
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se en stars of the hea en bound together in it, li"e great #ountains and burning with fire. Then
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I said) <Por what sin are the! bound, and on what account ha e the! been cast in hitherQ< Then said Kriel, one of the hol! angels, who was with #e, and was chief o er the#, and said) <Enoch, wh!
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dost thou as", and wh! art thou eager for the truthQ These are of the nu#ber of the stars of hea en, which ha e transgressed the co##and#ent of the =ord, and are bound here till ten thousand !ears,
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the ti#e entailed b! their sins, are consu##ated.< $nd fro# thence I went to another place, which was still #ore horrible than the for#er, and I saw a horrible thing) a great

fire there which burnt and bla3ed, and the place was cleft as far as the ab!ss, being full of great descending colu#ns of
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fire) neither its e5tent or #agnitude could I see, nor could I con7ecture. Then I said) <&ow
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fearful is the place and how terrible to loo" upon;< Then Kriel answered #e, one of the hol! angels who was with #e, and said unto #e) <Enoch, wh! hast thou such fear and affrightQ< $nd
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I answered) <9ecause of this fearful place, and because of the spectacle of the pain.< $nd he said unto #e) <This place is the prison of the angels, and here the! will be i#prisoned for e er.< --$$. @heol or the BnderCorld.
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$nd thence I went to another place, and he #ountain .and/ of hard roc".
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$nd there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and er! s#ooth. &ow s#ooth are the hollow places and deep and dar" to loo" at.
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Then Caphael answered, one of the hol! angels who was with #e, and said unto #e) <These hollow places ha e been created for this er! purpose, that the spirits of the souls of the dead should
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asse#ble therein, !ea that all the souls of the children of #en should asse#ble here. $nd these places ha e been #ade to recei e the# till the da! of their 7udge#ent and till their appointed period .till the period appointed/, till the great 7udge#ent +co#es, upon the#.< I saw +the spirit of, a dead #an #a"ing suit,
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and his oice went forth to hea en and #ade suit. $nd I as"ed Caphael the angel who was
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with #e, and I said unto hi#) <This spirit which #a"eth suit, whose is it, whose oice goeth forth and #a"eth suit to hea enQ<
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$nd he answered #e sa!ing) <This is the spirit which went forth fro# $bel, who# his brother Cain slew, and he #a"es his suit against hi# till his seed is destro!ed fro# the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated fro# a#ongst the seed of #en.<
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The I as"ed regarding it, and regarding all the hollow places) <1h! is one separated fro# the otherQ<
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$nd he answered #e and said unto #e) <These three ha e been #ade that the spirits of the dead #ight be separated. $nd such a di ision has been #a"e +for, the spirits of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of
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water. $nd such has been #ade for sinners when the! die and are buried in the earth and 7udge#ent has not been e5ecuted on the# in their
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lifeti#e. &ere their spirits shall be set apart in this great pain till the great da! of 7udge#ent and punish#ent and tor#ent of those who curse for e er and retribution for their spirits. There
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&e shall bind the# for e er. $nd such a di ision has been #ade for the spirits of those who #a"e their suit, who #a"e disclosures concerning their destruction, when the! were slain in the da!s
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of the sinners. Such has been #ade for the spirits of #en who were not righteous but sinners, who were co#plete in transgression, and of the transgressors the! shall be co#panions) but their spirits shall not be slain in the da! of 7udge#ent nor shall the! be raised fro# thence.<
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The I blessed the =ord of glor! and said) <9lessed be #! =ord, the =ord of righteousness, who ruleth for e er.< --$$$. The fire that deals Cith the 'uminaries of HeaAen.
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Pro# thence I went to another place to the west of the ends of the earth. $nd I saw a burning
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fire which ran without resting, and paused not fro# its course da! or night but +ran, regularl!. $nd
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I as"ed sa!ing) <1hat is this which rests notQ< Then Caguel, one of the hol! angels who was with #e, answered #e and said unto #e) <This course of fire which thou hast seen is the fire in the west which persecutes all the lu#inaries of hea en.< --$%---%. The @eAen 0ountains in the 4orth-(est and the Tree of 'ife.
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$nd fro# thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed #e a #ountain range of
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fire which burnt da! and night. $nd I went be!ond it and saw se en #agnificent #ountains all differing each fro# the other, and the stones +thereof, were #agnificent and beautiful, #agnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair e5terior) three towards the east, one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ra ines, no one of which
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7oined with an! other. $nd the se enth #ountain was in the #idst of these, and it e5celled the#
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in height, rese#bling the seat of a throne) and fragrant trees encircled the throne. $nd a#ongst the# was a tree such as I had ne er !et s#elt, neither was an! a#ongst the# nor were others li"e it) it had a fragrance be!ond all fragrance, and its lea es and bloo#s and wood wither not for e er)
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and its fruit is beautiful, and its fruit n rese#bles the dates of a pal#. Then I said) <&ow beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its lea es are fair, and its bloo#s er! delightful in appearance.<
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Then answered -ichael, one of the hol! and honoured angels who was with #e, and was their leader.
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$nd he said unto #e) <Enoch, wh! dost thou as" #e regarding the fragrance of the tree,
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and wh! dost thou wish to learn the truthQ< Then I answered hi# sa!ing) <I wish to
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"now about e er!thing, but especiall! about this tree.< $nd he answered sa!ing) <This high #ountain which thou hast seen, whose su##it is li"e the throne of %od, is &is throne, where the &ol! %reat 'ne, the =ord of %lor!, the Eternal Eing, will sit, when &e shall co#e down to isit
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the earth with goodness. $nd as for this fragrant tree no #ortal is per#itted to touch it till the great 7udge#ent, when &e shall ta"e engeance on all and bring +e er!thing, to its consu##ation
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for e er. It shall then be gi en to the righteous and hol!. Its fruit shall be for food to the elect) it shall be transplanted to the hol! place, to the te#ple of the =ord, the Eternal Eing.
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Then shall the! re7oice with 7o! and be glad, $nd into the hol! place shall the! enter@ $nd its fragrance shall be in their bones, $nd the! shall li e a long life on earth, Such as th! fathers li ed) $nd in their da!s shall no sorrow or plague 'r tor#ent or cala#it! touch the#.<
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Then blessed I the %od of %lor!, the Eternal Eing, who hath prepared such things for the righteous, and hath created the# and pro#ised to gi e to the#. --%$. ?erusalem and the 0ountains! RaAines! and @treams.

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$nd I went fro# thence to the #iddle of the earth, and I saw a blessed place in which there were
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trees with branches abiding and bloo#ing .of a dis#e#bered tree/. $nd there I saw a hol! #ountain,
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and underneath the #ountain to the east there was a strea# and it flowed towards the south. $nd I saw towards the east another #ountain higher than this, and between the# a deep and narrow
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ra ine) in it also ran a strea# underneath the #ountain. $nd to the west thereof there was another #ountain, lower than the for#er and of s#all ele ation, and a ra ine deep and dr! between
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the#) and another deep and dr! ra ine was at the e5tre#ities of the three #ountains. $nd all the ra ines were deep rand narrow, +being for#ed, of hard roc", and trees were not planted upon
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the#. $nd I #ar eled at the roc"s, and I #ar eled at the ra ine, !ea, I #ar eled er! #uch. --%$$. The Purpose of the Accursed %alley.
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Then said I) <Por what ob7ect is this blessed land, which is entirel! filled with trees, and this
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accursed alle! betweenQ< Then Kriel, one of the hol! angels who was with #e, answered and said) <This accursed alle! is for those who are accursed for e er) &ere shall all the accursed be gathered together who utter with their lips against the =ord unsee#l! words and of &is glor! spea" hard things. &ere shall the! be gathered together, and here
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shall be their place of 7udge#ent. In the last da!s there shall be upon the# the spectacle of righteous 7udge#ent in the presence of the righteous for e er) here shall the #erciful bless the =ord of glor!, the Eternal Eing.
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In the da!s of 7udge#ent o er the for#er, the! shall bless &i# for the #erc! in accordance with
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which &e has assigned the# +their lot,.< Then I blessed the =ord of %lor! and set forth &is glor! and lauded &i# gloriousl!. --%$$$----$$$. Further ?ourney to the East.

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$nd thence I went towards the east, into the #idst of the #ountain range of the desert, and
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I saw a wilderness and it was solitar!, full of trees and plants. $nd water gushed forth fro#
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abo e. Cushing li"e a copious watercourse .which flowed/ towards the north-west it caused clouds and dew to ascend on e er! side.
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$nd thence I went to another place in the desert, and approached to the east of this #ountain
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range. $nd there I saw aro#atic trees e5haling the fragrance of fran"incense and #!rrh, and the trees also were si#ilar to the al#ond tree.
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$nd be!ond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another place, a alle! +full, of water. $nd
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therein there was a tree, the colour +Q, of fragrant trees such as the #astic. $nd on the sides of those alle!s I saw fragrant cinna#on. $nd be!ond these I proceeded to the east.
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$nd I saw other #ountains, and a#ongst the# were gro es of trees, and there flowed forth fro#
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the# nectar, which is na#ed sarara and galbanu#. $nd be!ond these #ountains I saw another #ountain to the east of the ends of the earth, whereon were aloe-trees, and all the trees were full
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of stacte, being li"e al#ond-trees. $nd when one burnt it, it s#elt sweeter than an! fragrant odour.
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$nd after these fragrant odours, as I loo"ed towards the north o er the #ountains I saw se en #ountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinna#on and pepper.

$nd thence I went o er the su##its of all these #ountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed abo e the Er!thraean sea and went far fro# it, and passed o er the angel Iotiel. $nd I ca#e to the %arden of Cighteousness,
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I and fro# afar off trees #ore nu#erous than I these trees and great-two trees there, er! great, beautiful, and glorious, and #agnificent, and the tree of "nowledge, whose hol! fruit the! eat and "now great wisdo#.
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That tree is in height li"e the fir, and its lea es are li"e +those of, the Carob tree) and its fruit
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is li"e the clusters of the ine, er! beautiful) and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar. Then
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I said) <&ow beautiful is the tree, and how attracti e is its loo";< Then Caphael the hol! angel, who was with #e, answered #e and said) <This is the tree of wisdo#, of which th! father old +in !ears, and th! aged #other, who were before thee, ha e eaten, and the! learnt wisdo# and their e!es were opened, and the! "new that the! were na"ed and the! were dri en out of the garden.<
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$nd fro# thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw there great beasts, and each differed fro# the other@ and +I saw, birds also differing in appearance and beaut! and oice, the one differing fro# the other. $nd to the east of those beasts I saw the ends of the earth whereon the hea en
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rests, and the portals of the hea en open. $nd I saw how the stars of hea en co#e forth, and
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I counted the portals out of which the! proceed, and wrote down all their outlets, of each indi idual star b! itself, according to their nu#ber and their na#es, their courses and their positions, and their
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ti#es and their #onths, as Kriel the hol! angel who was with #e showed #e. &e showed all things to #e and wrote the# down for #e) also their na#es he wrote for #e, and their laws and their co#panies. ---$%----%. Enoch>s ?ourney to the 4orth.
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$nd fro# thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and
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glorious de ice at the ends of the whole earth. $nd here I saw three portals of hea en open in the hea en) through each of the# proceed north winds) when the! blow there is cold, hail, frost,
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snow, dew, and rain. $nd out of one portal the! blow for good) but when the! blow through the other two portals, it is with iolence and affliction on the earth, and the! blow with iolence.
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$nd fro# thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three portals of the hea en open such as I had seen in the east, the sa#e nu#ber of portals, and the sa#e nu#ber of outlets. ---%$. The ?ourney to the @outh.
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$nd fro# thence I went to the south to the ends of the earth, and saw there three open portals
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of the hea en) and thence there co#e dew, rain, and wind. $nd fro# thence I went to the east to the ends of the hea en, and saw here the three eastern portals of hea en open and s#all portals
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abo e the#. Through each of these s#all portals pass the stars of hea en and run their course to the west on the path which is shown to the#. $nd as often as I saw I blessed alwa!s the =ord of %lor!, and I continued to bless the =ord of %lor! who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of &is wor" to the angels and to spirits and to #en, that the! #ight praise &is wor" and all &is creation) that the! #ight see the wor" of &is #ight and praise the great wor" of &is hands and bless &i# for e er. @ection $$. hapters ---%$$-'--$ The Para&les
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The second ision which he saw, the ision of wisdo# -which Enoch the son of Aared, the son
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of -ahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of $da#, saw. $nd this is the beginning of the words of wisdo# which I lifted up #! oice to spea" and sa! to those which dwell on earth) &ear, !e #en of old ti#e, and see, !e that co#e after, the words of the &ol!

'ne which I will spea" before the =ord of Spirits. It were better to declare +the# onl!, to the #en of old ti#e, but e en fro# those that co#e after we will not withhold the beginning of wisdo#.
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Till the present da! such wisdo# has ne er been gi en b! the =ord of Spirits as I ha e recei ed according to #! insight, according to the good pleasure of the =ord of Spirits b! who# the lot of
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eternal life has been gi en to #e. >ow three Narables were i#parted to #e, and I lifted up #! oice and recounted the# to those that dwell on the earth. ---%$$$--'$%. The First Para&le. ---%$$$. The
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oming ?udgement of the (icked.

The first Narable. 1hen the congregation of the righteous shall appear, $nd sinners shall be 7udged for their sins, $nd shall be dri en fro# the face of the earth)
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$nd when the Cighteous 'ne shall appear before the e!es of the righteous, 1hose elect wor"s hang upon the =ord of Spirits, $nd light shall appear to the righteous and the elect who dwell on the earth, 1here then will be the dwelling of the sinners, $nd where the resting-place of those who ha e denied the =ord of SpiritsQ It had been good for the# if the! had not been born.
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1hen the secrets of the righteous shall be re ealed and the sinners 7udged, $nd the godless dri en fro# the presence of the righteous and elect,
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Pro# that ti#e those that possess the earth shall no longer be powerful and e5alted) $nd the! shall not be able to behold the face of the hol!, Por the =ord of Spirits has caused &is light to appear 'n the face of the hol!, righteous, and elect.
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Then shall the "ings and the #ight! perish $nd be gi en into the hands of the righteous and hol!.
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$nd thenceforward none shall see" for the#sel es #erc! fro# the =ord of Spirits Por their life is at an end. ---$-. The A&ode of the Righteous and the Elect One# the Praises of the Blessed.

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.$nd it shall co#e to pass in those da!s that elect and hol! children will descend fro# the
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high hea en, and their seed will beco#e one with the children of #en. $nd in those da!s Enoch recei ed boo"s of 3eal and wrath, and boo"s of dis2uiet and e5pulsion./ $nd #erc! shall not be accorded to the#, saith the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd in those da!s a whirlwind carried #e off fro# the earth, $nd set #e down at the end of the hea ens.
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$nd there I saw another ision, the dwelling-places of the hol!, $nd the resting-places of the righteous.
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&ere #ine e!es saw their dwellings with &is righteous angels, $nd their resting-places with the hol!. $nd the! petitioned and interceded and pra!ed for the children of #en, $nd righteousness flowed before the# as water, $nd #erc! li"e dew upon the earth) Thus it is a#ongst the# for e er and e er.
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$nd in that place #ine e!es saw the Elect 'ne of righteousness and of faith,
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$nd I saw his dwelling-place under the wings of the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd righteousness shall pre ail in his da!s, $nd the righteous and elect shall be without nu#ber before &i# for e er and e er.
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$nd all the righteous and elect before &i# shall be strong as fier! lights, $nd their #outh shall be full of blessing, $nd their lips e5tol the na#e of the =ord of Spirits, $nd righteousness before &i# shall ne er fail, .$nd uprightness shall ne er fail before &i#./
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There I wished to dwell, $nd #! spirit longed for that dwelling-place) $nd there heretofore hath been #! portion, Por so has it been established concerning #e before the =ord of Spirits.
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In those da!s I praised and e5tolled the na#e of the =ord of Spirits with blessings and praises, because &e hath destined #e for blessing and glor! according to the good pleasure of the =ord of
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Spirits. Por a long ti#e #! e!es regarded that place, and I blessed &i# and praised &i#, sa!ing) <9lessed is &e, and #a! &e be blessed fro# the beginning and for e er#ore. $nd before &i# there is no ceasing. &e "nows before the world was created what is for e er and what will be fro#

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generation unto generation. Those who sleep not bless Thee) the! stand before Th! glor! and bless, praise, and e5tol, sa!ing) L&ol!, hol!, hol!, is the =ord of Spirits) &e filleth the earth with
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spirits.L< $nd here #! e!es saw all those who sleep not) the! stand before &i# and bless and sa!)
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<9lessed be Thou, and blessed be the na#e of the =ord for e er and e er.< $nd #! face was changed@ for I could no longer behold. -'--'$. ). The Four Archangels.
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$nd after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand ti#es ten thousand, I saw a #ultitude
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be!ond nu#ber and rec"oning, who stood before the =ord of Spirits. $nd on the four sides of the =ord of Spirits I saw four presences, different fro# those that sleep not, and I learnt their na#es) for the angel that went with #e #ade "nown to #e their na#es, and showed #e all the hidden things.
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$nd I heard the oices of those four presences as the! uttered praises before the =ord of glor!. *,0 The first oice blesses the =ord of Spirits for e er and e er. $nd the second oice I heard blessing
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the Elect 'ne and the elect ones who hang upon the =ord of Spirits. $nd the third oice I heard pra! and intercede for those who dwell on the earth and supplicate in the na#e of the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd I heard the fourth oice fending off the Satans and forbidding the# to co#e before the =ord
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of Spirits to accuse the# who dwell on the earth. $fter that I as"ed the angel of peace who went with #e, who showed #e e er!thing that is hidden) <1ho are these four presences which I ha e
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seen and whose words I ha e heard and written downQ< $nd he said to #e) <This first is -ichael, the #erciful and long-suffering) and the second, who is set o er all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of #en, is Caphael) and the third, who is set o er all the powers, is %abriel) and the fourth, who is set o er the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is na#ed Nhanuel.<
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$nd after that I saw all the secrets of the hea ens, and how the "ingdo# is di ided, and how the
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actions of #en are weighed in the balance. $nd there I saw the #ansions of the elect and the #ansions of the hol!, and #ine e!es saw there all the sinners being dri en fro# thence which den! the na#e of the =ord of Spirits, and being dragged off) and the! could not abide because of the punish#ent which proceeds fro# the =ord of Spirits. ( $nd there #ine e!es saw the secrets of the lightning and of the thunder, and the secrets of the winds, how the! are di ided to blow o er the earth, and the secrets of the clouds and dew, and there
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I saw fro# whence the! proceed in that place and fro# whence the! saturate the dust! earth. $nd there I saw closed cha#bers out of which the winds are di ided, the cha#ber of the hail and winds, the cha#ber of the #ist, and of the clouds, and the cloud thereof ho ers o er the earth fro# the
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beginning of the world. $nd I saw the cha#bers of the sun and #oon, whence the! proceed and whither the! co#e again, and their glorious return, and how one is superior to the other, and their statel! orbit, and how the! do not lea e their orbit, and the! add nothing to their orbit and the! ta"e nothing fro# it, and the! "eep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath b! which the! 4 are bound together. $nd first the sun goes forth and tra erses his path according to the co##and#ent
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of the =ord of Spirits, and #ight! is &is na#e for e er and e er. $nd after that I saw the hidden and the isible path of the #oon, and she acco#plishes the course of her path in that place b! da! and b! night-the one holding a position opposite to the other before the =ord of Spirits. $nd the! gi e than"s and praise and rest not@ Por unto the# is their than"sgi ing rest.
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Por the sun changes oft for a blessing or a curse, $nd the course of the path of the #oon is light to the righteous $nd dar"ness to the sinners in the na#e of the =ord, 1ho #ade a separation between the light and the dar"ness, $nd di ided the spirits of #en, $nd strengthened the spirits of the righteous, In the na#e of &is righteousness.
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Por no angel hinders and no power is able to hinder@ for &e appoints a 7udge for the# all and &e 7udges the# all before &i#. -'$$. The .Celling-places of (isdom and of Bnrighteousness.

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1isdo# found no place where she #ight dwell@ Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the hea ens.
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1isdo# went forth to #a"e her dwelling a#ong the children of #en, $nd found no dwelling-place) 1isdo# returned to her place, $nd too" her seat a#ong the angels.
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$nd unrighteousness went forth fro# her cha#bers) 1ho# she sought not she found, $nd dwelt with the#, $s rain in a desert $nd dew on a thirst! land. -'$$$--'$%. Astronomical @ecrets.
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$nd I saw other lightnings and the stars of hea en, and I saw how &e called the# all b! their
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na#es and the! hear"ened unto &i#. $nd I saw how the! are weighed in a righteous balance according to their proportions of light) +I saw, the width of their spaces and the da! of their appearing, and how their re olution produces lightning) and +I saw, their re olution according to the
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nu#ber of the angels, and +how, the! "eep faith with each other. $nd I as"ed the angel who went
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with #e who showed #e what was hidden) <1hat are theseQ< $nd he said to #e) <The =ord of Spirits hath showed thee their parabolic #eaning +lit. <their parable<,) these are the na#es of the hol! who dwell on the earth and belie e in the na#e of the =ord of Spirits for e er and e er.<
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$lso another pheno#enon I saw in regard to the lightnings) how so#e of the stars arise and beco#e lightnings and cannot part with their new for#. -'%-'%$$. The @econd Para&le. -'%. The 'ot of the Apostates# the 4eC HeaAen and the 4eC Earth.

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$nd this is the second Narable concerning those who den! the na#e of the dwelling of the hol! ones and the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd into the hea en the! shall not ascend, $nd on the earth the! shall not co#e) Such shall be the lot of the sinners 1ho ha e denied the na#e of the =ord of Spirits, 1ho are thus preser ed for the da! of suffering and tribulation.
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'n that da! -ine Elect 'ne shall sit on the throne of glor! $nd shall tr! their wor"s, $nd their places of rest shall be innu#erable. $nd their souls shall grow strong within the# when the! see -ine Elect 'nes, $nd those who ha e called upon -! glorious na#e)
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Then will I cause -ine Elect 'ne to dwell a#ong the#. $nd I will transfor# the hea en and #a"e it an eternal blessing and light
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$nd I will transfor# the earth and #a"e it a blessing) $nd I will cause -ine elect ones to dwell upon it) 9ut the sinners and e il-doers shall not set foot thereon.
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Por I ha e pro ided and satisfied with peace -! righteous ones $nd ha e caused the# to dwell before -e) 9ut for the sinners there is 7udge#ent i#pending with -e, So that I shall destro! the# fro# the face of the earth. -'%$. The Head of .ays and the @on of 0an.
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$nd there I saw 'ne who had a head of da!s, $nd &is head was white li"e wool, $nd with &i# was another being whose countenance had the appearance of a #an, $nd his face was full of graciousness, li"e one of the hol! angels.
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$nd I as"ed the angel who went with #e and showed #e all the hidden things, concerning that
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Son of -an, who he was, and whence he was, +and, wh! he went with the &ead of Ga!sQ $nd he answered and said unto #e) This is the son of -an who hath righteousness, 1ith who# dwelleth righteousness, $nd who re ealeth all the treasures of that which is hidden,

9ecause the =ord of Spirits hath chosen hi#, $nd whose lot hath the pre-e#inence before the =ord of Spirits in uprightness for e er.
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$nd this Son of -an who# thou hast seen Shall raise up the "ings and the #ight! fro# their seats, .$nd the strong fro# their thrones/ $nd shall loosen the reins of the strong, $nd brea" the teeth of the sinners.
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.$nd he shall put down the "ings fro# their thrones and "ingdo#s/ 9ecause the! do not e5tol and praise &i#, >or hu#bl! ac"nowledge whence the "ingdo# was bestowed upon the#.
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$nd he shall put down the countenance of the strong, $nd shall fill the# with sha#e. $nd dar"ness shall be their dwelling, $nd wor#s shall be their bed, $nd the! shall ha e no hope of rising fro# their beds, 9ecause the! do not e5tol the na#e of the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd these are the! who 7udge the stars of hea en, .$nd raise their hands against the -ost &igh/, $nd tread upon the earth and dwell upon it. $nd all their deeds #anifest unrighteousness, $nd their power rests upon their riches, $nd their faith is in the gods which the! ha e #ade with their hands, $nd the! den! the na#e of the =ord of Spirits,
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$nd the! persecute the houses of &is congregations, $nd the faithful who hang upon the na#e of the =ord of Spirits. -'%$$. The Prayer of the Righteous for %engeance and their ?oy at its coming.
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$nd in those da!s shall ha e ascended the pra!er of the righteous, $nd the blood of the righteous fro# the earth before the =ord of Spirits.
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In those da!s the hol! ones who dwell abo e in the hea ens Shallunite with one oice $nd supplicate and pra! .and praise, $nd gi e than"s and bless the na#e of the =ord of Spirits 'n behalf of the blood of the righteous which has been shed, $nd that the pra!er of the righteous #a! not be in ain before the =ord of Spirits, That 7udge#ent #a! be done unto the#, $nd that the! #a! not ha e to suffer for e er.
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In those da!s I saw the &ead of Ga!s when &e seated hi#self upon the throne of &is glor!, $nd the boo"s of the li ing were opened before &i#) $nd all &is host which is in hea en abo e and &is counselors stood before &i#,
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$nd the hearts of the hol! were filled with 7o!@ 9ecause the nu#ber of the righteous had been offered, $nd the pra!er of the righteous had been heard, $nd the blood of the righteous been re2uired before the =ord of Spirits. -'%$$$. The Fount of Righteousness# the @on of 0an -the @tay of the Righteous# ?udgement of the 2ings and the 0ighty.
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$nd in that place I saw the fountain of righteousness 1hich was ine5haustible) $nd around it were #an! fountains of wisdo#) $nd all the thirst! dran" of the#, $nd were filled with wisdo#, $nd their dwellings were with the righteous and hol! and elect.
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$nd at that hour that Son of -an was na#ed In the presence of the =ord of Spirits, $nd his na#e before the &ead of Ga!s.
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Oea, before the sun and the signs were created, 9efore the stars of the hea en were #ade, &is na#e was na#ed before the =ord of Spirits.
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&e shall be a staff to the righteous whereon to sta! the#sel es and not fall, $nd he shall be the light of the %entiles, $nd the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
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$ll who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before hi#, $nd will praise and bless and celebrate with song the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd for this reason hath he been chosen and hidden before &i#, 9efore the creation of the world and for e er#ore.
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$nd the wisdo# of the =ord of Spirits hath re ealed hi# to the hol! and righteous@ Por he hath preser ed the lot of the righteous, 9ecause the! ha e hated and despised this world of unrighteousness, $nd ha e hated all its wor"s and wa!s in the na#e of the =ord of Spirits) Por in his na#e the! are sa ed, $nd according to his good pleasure hath it been in regard to their life.
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In these da!s downcast in countenance shall the "ings of the earth ha e beco#e, $nd the strong who possess the land because of the wor"s of their hands, Por on the da! of their anguish and affliction the! shall not +be able to, sa e the#sel es.
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$nd I will gi e the# o er into the hands of -ine elect) $s straw in the fire so shall the! burn before the face of the hol!) $s lead in the water shall the! sin" before the face of the righteous, $nd no trace of the# shall an! #ore be found.
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$nd on the da! of their affliction there shall be rest on the earth, $nd before the# the! shall fall and not rise again) $nd there shall be no one to ta"e the# with his hands and raise the#) Por the! ha e denied the =ord of Spirits and &is $nointed. The na#e of the =ord of Spirits be blessed. -'$-. The PoCer and (isdom of the Elect One.
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Por wisdo# is poured out li"e water, $nd glor! faileth not before hi# for e er#ore.
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Por he is #ight! in all the secrets of righteousness, $nd unrighteousness shall disappear as a shadow, $nd ha e no continuance@ 9ecause the Elect 'ne standeth before the =ord of Spirits, $nd his glor! is for e er and e er, $nd his #ight unto all generations.
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$nd in hi# dwells the spirit of wisdo#, $nd the spirit which gi es insight, $nd the spirit of understanding and of #ight, $nd the spirit of those who ha e fallen asleep in righteousness.
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$nd he shall 7udge the secret things, $nd none shall be able to utter a l!ing word before hi#@ Por he is the Elect 'ne before the =ord of Spirits according to &is good pleasure. '. The 1lorification and %ictory of the Righteous# the Repentance of the 1entiles.
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$nd in those da!s a change shall ta"e place for the hol! and elect, $nd the light of da!s shall abide upon the#, $nd glor! and honour shall turn to the hol!,

'n the da! of affliction on which e il shall ha e been treasured up against the sinners. $nd the righteous shall be ictorious in the na#e of the =ord of Spirits) $nd &e will cause the others to witness +this, That the! #a! repent $nd forgo the wor"s of their hands.
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The! shall ha e no honour through the na#e of the =ord of Spirits, Oet through &is na#e shall the! be sa ed, $nd the =ord of Spirits will ha e co#passion on the#, Por &is co#passion is great.
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$nd &e is righteous also in &is 7udge#ent, $nd in the presence of &is glor! unrighteousness also shall not #aintain itself) $t &is 7udge#ent the unrepentant shall perish before &i#.
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$nd fro# henceforth I will ha e no #erc! on the#, saith the =ord of Spirits. '$. The Resurrection of the .ead! and the @eparation &y the ?udge of the Righteous and the (icked.
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$nd in those da!s shall the earth also gi e bac" that which has been entrusted to it, $nd Sheol also shall gi e bac" that which it has recei ed, $nd hell shall gi e bac" that which it owes.
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Por in those da!s the Elect 'ne shall arise,

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$nd he shall choose the righteous and hol! fro# a#ong the#) Por the da! has drawn nigh that the! should be sa ed.
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$nd the Elect 'ne shall in those da!s sit on -! throne, $nd his #outh shall pour forth all the secrets of wisdo# and counsel) Por the =ord of Spirits hath gi en +the#, to hi# and hath glorified hi#.
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$nd in those da!s shall the #ountains leap li"e ra#s, $nd the hills also shall s"ip li"e la#bs satisfied with #il", $nd the faces of .all/ the angels in hea en shall be lighted up with 7o!.
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$nd the earth shall re7oice,

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$nd the righteous shall dwell upon it,

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$nd the elect shall wal" thereon. '$$. The @eAen 0etal 0ountains and the Elect One.

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l $nd after those da!s in that place where I had seen all the isions of that which is hidden -for
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I had been carried off in a whirlwind and the! had borne #e towards the west -There #ine e!es saw all the secret things of hea en that shall be, a #ountain of iron, and a #ountain of copper, and a #ountain of sil er, and a #ountain of gold, and a #ountain of soft #etal, and a #ountain of lead.
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$nd I as"ed the angel who went with #e, sa!ing, <1hat things are these which I ha e seen in
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secretQ< $nd he said unto #e) <$ll these things which thou hast seen shall ser e the do#inion of &is $nointed that he #a! be potent and #ight! on the earth.<
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$nd that angel of peace answered, sa!ing unto #e) <1ait a little, and there shall be re ealed unto thee all the secret things which surround the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd these #ountains which thine e!es ha e seen, The #ountain of iron, and the #ountain of copper, and the #ountain of sil er, $nd the #ountain of gold, and the #ountain of soft #etal, and the #ountain of lead, $ll these shall be in the presence of the Elect 'ne $s wa5) before the fire, $nd li"e the water which strea#s down fro# abo e .upon those #ountains/, $nd the! shall beco#e powerless before his feet.
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$nd it shall co#e to pass in those da!s that none shall be sa ed, Either b! gold or b! sil er, $nd none be able to escape.
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$nd there shall be no iron for war, >or shall one clothe oneself with a breastplate. 9ron3e shall be of no ser ice, $nd tin .shall be of no ser ice and/ shall not be estee#ed, $nd lead shall not be desired.
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$nd all these things shall be .denied and/ destro!ed fro# the surface of the earth, 1hen the Elect 'ne shall appear before the face of the =ord of Spirits.< '$$$-'$%. The %alley of ?udgement# the Angels of Punishment# the of the Elect One.
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There #ine e!es saw a deep alle! with open #ouths, and all who dwell on the earth and sea and islands shall bring to hi# gifts and presents and to"ens of ho#age, but that deep alle! shall not beco#e full.
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$nd their hands co##it lawless deeds, $nd the sinners de our all who# the! lawlessl! oppress) Oet the sinners shall be destro!ed before the face of the =ord of Spirits, $nd the! shall be banished fro# off the face of &is earth, $nd the! shall perish for e er and e er.
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Por I saw all the angels of punish#ent abiding +there, and preparing all the instru#ents of Satan.
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$nd I as"ed the angel of peace who went with #e) <Por who# are the! preparing these Instru#entsQ<
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$nd he said unto #e) <The! prepare these for the "ings and the #ight! of this earth, that the! #a! thereb! be destro!ed.
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$nd after this the Cighteous and Elect 'ne shall cause the house of his congregation to appear) henceforth the! shall be no #ore hindered in the na#e of the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd these #ountains shall not stand as the earth before his righteousness, 9ut the hills shall be as a fountain of water, $nd the righteous shall ha e rest fro# the oppression of sinners.<
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$nd I loo"ed and turned to another part of the earth, and saw there a deep alle! with burning
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fire. $nd the! brought the "ings and the #ight!, and began to cast the# into this deep alle!.
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$nd there #ine e!es saw how the! #ade these their instru#ents, iron chains of i##easurable weight.
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$nd I as"ed the angel of peace who went with #e, sa!ing) <Por who# are these chains being preparedQ< $nd he said unto #e) <These are being prepared for the hosts of $3?3Dl, so that the! #a! ta"e the# and cast the# into the ab!ss of co#plete conde#nation, and the! shall co er their 7aws with rough stones as the =ord of Spirits co##anded.
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$nd -ichael, and %abriel, and Caphael, and Nhanuel shall ta"e hold of the# on that great da!, and cast the# on that da! into the burning furnace, that the =ord of Spirits #a! ta"e engeance on the# for their unrighteousness in beco#ing sub7ect to Satan and leading astra! those who dwell on the earth.<

'$%.7.-'%.). 4oachic Fragment on the first (orld ?udgement.

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$nd in those da!s shall punish#ent co#e fro# the =ord of Spirits, and he will open all the cha#bers of waters which are abo e the hea ens, and of the fountains which are beneath the earth.
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$nd all the waters shall be 7oined with the waters) that which is abo e the hea ens is the #asculine,
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and the water which is beneath the earth is the fe#inine. $nd the! shall destro! all who dwell
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on the earth and those who dwell under the ends of the hea en. $nd when the! ha e recogni3ed their unrighteousness which the! ha e wrought on the earth, then b! these shall the! perish. '%.*.-'%$.+. Final ?udgement of A/a/el! the (atchers and their children.
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$nd after that the &ead of Ga!s repented and said) <In ain ha e I destro!ed all who dwell
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on the earth.< $nd &e sware b! &is great na#e) <&enceforth I will not do so to all who dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign in the hea en) and this shall be a pledge of good faith between -e and the# for e er, so long as hea en is abo e the earth. $nd this is in accordance with -! co##and.
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1hen I ha e desired to ta"e hold of the# b! the hand of the angels on the da! of tribulation and pain because of this, I will cause -! chastise#ent and -! wrath to abide upon the#, saith
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%od, the =ord of Spirits. Oe #ight! "ings who dwell on the earth, !e shall ha e to behold -ine Elect 'ne, how he sits on the throne of glor! and 7udges $3?3Dl, and all his associates, and all his hosts in the na#e of the =ord of Spirits.<
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$nd I saw there the hosts of the angels of punish#ent going, and the! held scourges and chains
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of iron and bron3e. $nd I as"ed the angel of peace who went with #e, sa!ing) <To who# are
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these who hold the scourges goingQ< $nd he said unto #e) <To their elect and belo ed ones, that the! #a! be cast into the chas# of the ab!ss of the alle!.

$nd then that alle! shall be filled with their elect and belo ed, $nd the da!s of their li es shall be at an end, $nd the da!s of their leading astra! shall not thenceforward be rec"oned. '%$.,-8. 'ast @truggle of the Heathen PoCers against $srael.
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$nd in those da!s the angels shall return $nd hurl the#sel es to the east upon the Narthians and -edes) The! shall stir up the "ings, so that a spirit of unrest shall co#e upon the#, $nd the! shall rouse the# fro# their thrones, That the! #a! brea" forth as lions fro# their lairs, $nd as hungr! wol es a#ong their floc"s.
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$nd the! shall go up and tread under foot the land of &is elect ones .$nd the land of &is elect ones shall be before the# a threshing-floor and a highwa! )/
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9ut the cit! of #! righteous shall be a hindrance to their horses. $nd the! shall begin to fight a#ong the#sel es, $nd their right hand shall be strong against the#sel es, $nd a #an shall not "now his brother, >or a son his father or his #other, Till there be no nu#ber of the corpses through their slaughter, $nd their punish#ent be not in ain.
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In those da!s Sheol shall open its 7aws, $nd the! shall be swallowed up therein $nd their destruction shall be at an end@ Sheol shall de our the sinners in the presence of the elect.< '%$$. The Return from the .ispersion.
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$nd it ca#e to pass after this that I saw another host of wagons, and #en riding thereon, and
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co#ing on the winds fro# the east, and fro# the west to the south. $nd the noise of their wagons was heard, and when this tur#oil too" place the hol! ones fro# hea en re#ar"ed it, and the pillars of the earth were #o ed fro# their place, and the sound thereof was heard fro# the one end of hea en
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to the other, in one da!. $nd the! shall all fall down and worship the =ord of Spirits. $nd this is the end of the second Narable. '%$$$-'--$. The Third Para&le.

'%$$$. The Blessedness of the @aints.

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$nd I began to spea" the third Narable concerning the righteous and elect.
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9lessed are !e, !e righteous and elect, Por glorious shall be !our lot.
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$nd the righteous shall be in the light of the sun. $nd the elect in the light of eternal life) The da!s of their life shall be unending, $nd the da!s of the hol! without nu#ber.
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$nd the! shall see" the light and find righteousness with the =ord of Spirits) There shall be peace to the righteous in the na#e of the Eternal =ord.
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$nd after this it shall be said to the hol! in hea en That the! should see" out the secrets of righteousness, the heritage of faith) Por it has beco#e bright as the sun upon earth, $nd the dar"ness is past.
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$nd there shall be a light that ne er endeth, $nd to a li#it +lit. <nu#ber<, of da!s the! shall not co#e, Por the dar"ness shall first ha e been destro!ed, .$nd the light established before the =ord of Spirits/ $nd the light of uprightness established for e er before the =ord of Spirits. '$-. The 'ights and the Thunder.
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.In those da!s #ine e!es saw the secrets of the lightnings, and of the lights, and the 7udge#ents the! e5ecute +lit. <their 7udge#ent<,) and the! lighten for a blessing or a curse as the =ord of
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Spirits willeth. $nd there I saw the secrets of the thunder, and how when it resounds abo e in the hea en, the sound thereof is heard, and he caused #e to see the 7udge#ents e5ecuted on the earth, whether the! be for well-being and blessing, or for a curse according to the word of the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd after that all the secrets of the lights and lightnings were shown to #e, and the! lighten for blessing and for satisf!ing./ Book of 4oah -a Fragment

'-. Duaking of the HeaAen# Behemoth and 'eAiathan# the Elements.

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In the !ear 0MM, in the se enth #onth, on the fourteenth da! of the #onth in the life of Enoch. In that Narable I saw how a #ight! 2ua"ing #ade the hea en of hea ens to 2ua"e, and the host of the -ost &igh, and the angels, a thousand thousands and ten thousand ti#es ten thousand, were
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dis2uieted with a great dis2uiet. $nd the &ead of Ga!s sat on the throne of &is glor!, and the angels and the righteous stood around &i#.
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$nd a great tre#bling sei3ed #e, $nd fear too" hold of #e, $nd #! loins ga e wa!, $nd dissol ed were #! reins, $nd I fell upon #! face.
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$nd -ichael sent another angel fro# a#ong the hol! ones and he raised #e up, and when he had raised #e up #! spirit returned@ for I had not been able to endure the loo" of this host, and the
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co##otion and the 2ua"ing of the hea en. $nd -ichael said unto #e) <1h! art thou dis2uieted with such a isionQ Kntil this da! lasted the da! of &is #erc!@ and &e hath been #erciful and
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long-suffering towards those who dwell on the earth. $nd when the da!, and the power, and the punish#ent, and the 7udge#ent co#e, which the =ord of Spirits hath prepared for those who worship not the righteous law, and for those who den! the righteous 7udge#ent, and for those who ta"e &is na#e in ain-that da! is prepared, for the elect a co enant, but for sinners an in2uisition.
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1hen the punish#ent of the =ord of Spirits shall rest upon the#, it shall rest in order that the punish#ent of the =ord of Spirits #a! not co#e, in ain, and it shall sla! the children with their #others and the children with their fathers. $fterwards the 7udge#ent shall ta"e place according to &is #erc! and &is patience.<
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$nd on that da! were two #onsters parted, a fe#ale #onster na#ed =e iathan, to dwell in the
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ab!sses of the ocean o er the fountains of the waters. 9ut the #ale is na#ed 9ehe#oth, who occupied with his breast a waste wilderness na#ed Guidain, on the east of the garden where the elect and righteous dwell, where #! grandfather was ta"en up, the se enth fro# $da#, the first
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#an who# the =ord of Spirits created. $nd I besought the other angel that he should show #e the #ight of those #onsters, how the! were parted on one da! and cast, the one into the ab!sses
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of the sea, and the other unto the dr! land of the wilderness. $nd he said to #e) <Thou son of #an, herein thou dost see" to "now what is hidden.<
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$nd the other angel who went with #e and showed #e what was hidden told #e what is first and last in the hea en in the height, and beneath the earth in the depth, and at the ends of the
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hea en, and on the foundation of the hea en. $nd the cha#bers of the winds, and how the winds are di ided, and how the! are weighed, and +how, the portals of the winds are rec"oned, each according to the power of the wind, and the power of the lights of the #oon, and according to the power that is fitting) and the di isions of the stars according to their na#es, and how all the di isions
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are di ided. $nd the thunders according to the places where the! fall, and all the di isions that are #ade a#ong the lightnings that it #a! lighten, and their host that the! #a! at once obe!.
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Por the thunder has places of rest +which, are assigned +to it, while it is waiting for its peal@ and the thunder and lightning are inseparable, and although not one and undi ided, the! both go together
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through the spirit and separate not. Por when the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its oice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and di ides e2uall! between the#@ for the treasur! of their peals is li"e the sand, and each one of the# as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned bac" b! the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the #an! 2uarters of the earth.
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$nd the spirit of the sea is #asculine and strong, and according to the #ight of his strength he draws it bac" with a rein, and in li"e #anner it is dri en forward and disperses a#id all the #ountains
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of the earth. $nd the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the spirit of the hail is a good
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angel. $nd the spirit of the snow has forsa"en his cha#bers on account of his strength -There is a
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special spirit therein, and that which ascends fro# it is li"e s#o"e, and its na#e is frost. $nd the spirit of the #ist is not united with the# in their cha#bers, but it has a special cha#ber@ for its course is glorious both in light and in dar"ness, and in winter and in su##er, and in its cha#ber is an angel.
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$nd the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the hea en, and is connected with the cha#bers of the rain, and its course is in winter and su##er) and its clouds and the clouds of the
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#ist are connected, and the one gi es to the other. $nd when the spirit of the rain goes forth fro# its cha#ber, the angels co#e and open the cha#ber and lead it out, and when it is diffused o er the whole earth it unites with the water on the earth. $nd whensoe er it unites with the water on
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the earth... Por the waters are for those who dwell on the earth@ for the! are nourish#ent for the earth fro# the -ost &igh who is in hea en) therefore there is a #easure for the rain,
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and the angels ta"e it in charge. $nd these things I saw towards the %arden of the Cighteous.
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$nd the angel of peace who was with #e said to #e) <These two #onsters, prepared confor#abl! to the greatness of %od, shall feed... '-$. Angels go off to measure Paradise# the ?udgement of the Righteous &y the Elect One# the Praise of the Elect One and of 1od.
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$nd I saw in those da!s how long cords were gi en to those angels, and the! too" to the#sel es wings and flew, and the! went towards the north.
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$nd I as"ed the angel, sa!ing unto hi#) <1h! ha e those +angels, ta"en these cords and gone offQ< $nd he said unto #e) <The! ha e gone to #easure.<
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$nd the angel who went with #e said unto #e) <These shall bring the #easures of the righteous, $nd the ropes of the righteous to the righteous, That the! #a! sta! the#sel es on the na#e of the =ord of Spirits for e er and e er.
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The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect, $nd those are the #easures which shall be gi en to faith $nd which shall strengthen righteousness.
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$nd these #easures shall re eal all the secrets of the depths of the earth, $nd those who ha e been destro!ed b! the desert, $nd those who ha e been de oured b! the beasts, $nd those who ha e been de oured b! the fish of the sea, That the! #a! return and sta! the#sel es 'n the da! of the Elect 'ne@ Por none shall be destro!ed before the =ord of Spirits, $nd none can be destro!ed.

$nd all who dwell abo e in the hea en recei ed a co##and and power and one oice and one light li"e unto fire.
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$nd that 'ne +with, their first words the! blessed, $nd e5tolled and lauded with wisdo#, $nd the! were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.
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$nd the =ord of Spirits placed the Elect one on the throne of glor!. $nd he shall 7udge all the wor"s of the hol! abo e in the hea en, $nd in the balance shall their deeds be weighed
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$nd when he shall lift up his countenance To 7udge their secret wa!s according to the word of the na#e of the =ord of Spirits, $nd their path according to the wa! of the righteous 7udge#ent of the =ord of Spirits, Then shall the! all with one oice spea" and bless, $nd glorif! and e5tol and sanctif! the na#e of the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd &e will su##on all the host of the hea ens, and all the hol! ones abo e, and the host of %od, the Cherubic, Seraphin and 'phannin, and all the angels of power, and all the angels of principalities,
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and the Elect 'ne, and the other powers on the earth +and, o er the water. 'n that da! shall raise one oice, and bless and glorif! and e5alt in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdo#, and in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of #erc!, and in the spirit of 7udge#ent and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and shall all sa! with one oice) L9lessed is &e, and #a! the na#e of the =ord of Spirits be blessed for e er and e er.L
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$ll who sleep not abo e in hea en shall bless &i#) $ll the hol! ones who are in hea en shall bless &i#, $nd all the elect who dwell in the garden of life) $nd e er! spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorif!, and e5tol, and hallow Th! blessed na#e, $nd all flesh shall be!ond #easure glorif! and bless Th! na#e for e er and e er.
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Por great is the #erc! of the =ord of Spirits, and &e is long-suffering, $nd all &is wor"s and all that &e has created &e has re ealed to the righteous and elect In the na#e of the =ord of Spirits.< '-$$. ?udgement of the 2ings and the 0ighty# Blessedness of the Righteous.
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$nd thus the =ord co##anded the "ings and the #ight! and the e5alted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said) <'pen !our e!es and lift up !our horns if !e are able to recogni3e the Elect 'ne.<
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$nd the =ord of Spirits seated hi# on the throne of &is glor!, $nd the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon hi#, $nd the word of his #outh sla!s all the sinners, $nd all the unrighteous are destro!ed fro# before his face.
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$nd there shall stand up in that da! all the "ings and the #ight!, $nd the e5alted and those who hold the earth, $nd the! shall see and recogni3e &ow he sits on the throne of his glor!, $nd righteousness is 7udged before hi#, $nd no l!ing word is spo"en before hi#.
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Then shall pain co#e upon the# as on a wo#an in tra ail, .$nd she has pain in bringing forth/ 1hen her child enters the #outh of the wo#b, $nd she has pain in bringing forth.
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$nd one portion of the# shall loo" on the other, $nd the! shall be terrified, $nd the! shall be downcast of countenance, $nd pain shall sei3e the#, 1hen the! see that Son of -an Sitting on the throne of his glor!.
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$nd the "ings and the #ight! and all who possess the earth shall bless and glorif! and e5tol hi# who rules o er all, who was hidden.
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Por fro# the beginning the Son of -an was hidden, $nd the -ost &igh preser ed hi# in the presence of &is #ight, $nd re ealed hi# to the elect.
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$nd the congregation of the elect and hol! shall be sown, $nd all the elect shall stand before hi# on that da!.
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$nd all the "ings and the #ight! and the e5alted and those who rule the earth Shall fall down before hi# on their faces, $nd worship and set their hope upon that Son of -an, $nd petition hi# and supplicate for #erc! at his hands.
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>e ertheless that =ord of Spirits will so press the# That the! shall hastil! go forth fro# &is presence, $nd their faces shall be filled with sha#e, $nd the dar"ness grow deeper on their faces.
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$nd &e will deli er the# to the angels for punish#ent, To e5ecute engeance on the# because the! ha e oppressed &is children and &is elect
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$nd the! shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for &is elect) The! shall re7oice o er the#,

9ecause the wrath of the =ord of Spirits resteth upon the#, $nd &is sword is drun" with their blood.
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$nd the righteous and elect shall be sa ed on that da!, $nd the! shall ne er thenceforward see the face of the sinners and unrighteous.
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$nd the =ord of Spirits will abide o er the#, $nd with that Son of -an shall the! eat $nd lie down and rise up for e er and e er.
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$nd the righteous and elect shall ha e risen fro# the earth, $nd ceased to be of downcast countenance. $nd the! shall ha e been clothed with gar#ents of glor!,
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$nd these shall be the gar#ents of life fro# the =ord of Spirits) $nd !our gar#ents shall not grow old, >or !our glor! pass awa! before the =ord of Spirits. '-$$$. The unaAailing Repentance of the 2ingsand the 0ighty.
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In those da!s shall the #ight! and the "ings who possess the earth i#plore +&i#, to grant the# a little respite fro# &is angels of punish#ent to who# the! were deli ered, that the! #ight fall
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down and worship before the =ord of Spirits, and confess their sins before &i#. $nd the! shall bless and glorif! the =ord of Spirits, and sa!) < 9lessed is the =ord of Spirits and the =ord of "ings, $nd the =ord of the #ight! and the =ord of the rich, $nd the =ord of glor! and the =ord of wisdo#,
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$nd splendid in e er! secret thing is Th! power fro# generation to generation, $nd Th! glor! for e er and e er) Geep are all Th! secrets and innu#erable, $nd Th! righteousness is be!ond rec"oning.
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1e ha e now learnt that we should glorif! $nd bless the =ord of "ings and &i# who is "ing o er all "ings.<
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$nd the! shall sa!) <1ould that we had rest to glorif! and gi e than"s $nd confess our faith before &is glor!;
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$nd now we long for a little rest but find it not) 1e follow hard upon and obtain +it, not)

$nd light has anished fro# before us, $nd dar"ness is our dwelling-place for e er and e er)
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Por we ha e not belie ed before &i# >or glorified the na#e of the =ord of Spirits, .nor glorified our =ord/ 9ut our hope was in the sceptre of our "ingdo#, $nd in our glor!.
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$nd in the da! of our suffering and tribulation &e sa es us not, $nd we find no respite for confession That our =ord is true in all &is wor"s, and in &is 7udge#ents and &is 7ustice, $nd &is 7udge#ents ha e no respect of persons.
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$nd we pass awa! fro# before &is face on account of our wor"s, $nd all our sins are rec"oned up in righteousness.<
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>ow the! shall sa! unto the#sel es) <'ur souls are full of unrighteous gain, but it does not pre ent us fro# descending fro# the #idst thereof into the burden of Sheol.<
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$nd after that their faces shall be filled with dar"ness $nd sha#e before that Son of -an, $nd the! shall be dri en fro# his presence, $nd the sword shall abide before his face in their #idst.
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Thus spa"e the =ord of Spirits) <This is the ordinance and 7udge#ent with respect to the #ight! and the "ings and the e5alted and those who possess the earth before the =ord of Spirits.< '-$%. %ision of the Fallen Angels in the Place of Punishment.
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$nd other for#s I saw hidden in that place. I heard the oice of the angel sa!ing) <These are the angels who descended to the earth, and re ealed what was hidden to the children of #en and seduced the children of #en into co##itting sin.< '-%. Enoch foretells to 4oah the .eluge and his oCn PreserAation.
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$nd in those da!s >oah saw the earth that it had sun" down and its destruction was nigh. $nd he arose fro# thence and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch)
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and >oah said three ti#es with an e#bittered oice) <&ear #e, hear #e, hear #e.< $nd I said unto hi#) <Tell #e what it is that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in such e il plight
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and sha"en, lest perchance I shall perish with itQ< $nd thereupon there was a great co##otion , on the earth, and a oice was heard fro# hea en, and I fell on #! face. $nd Enoch #! grandfather ca#e and stood b! #e, and said unto #e) <1h! hast thou cried unto #e with a bitter cr! and weeping
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$nd a co##and has gone forth fro# the presence of the =ord concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is acco#plished because the! ha e learnt all the secrets of the angels, and all the iolence of the Satans, and all their powers -the #ost secret ones- and all the power of those who practice sorcer!, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who #a"e #olten i#ages
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for the whole earth) $nd how sil er is produced fro# the dust of the earth, and how soft #etal
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originates in the earth. Por lead and tin are not produced fro# the earth li"e the first) it is a fountain
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that produces the#, and an angel stands therein, and that angel is pre-e#inent.< $nd after that #! grandfather Enoch too" hold of #e b! #! hand and raised #e up, and said unto #e) <%o, for I ha e
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as"ed the =ord of Spirits as touching this co##otion on the earth. $nd &e said unto #e) L9ecause of their unrighteousness their 7udge#ent has been deter#ined upon and shall not be withheld b! -e for e er. 9ecause of the sorceries which the! ha e searched out and learnt, the earth and those
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who dwell upon it shall be destro!ed.L $nd these -the! ha e no place of repentance for e er, because the! ha e shown the# what was hidden, and the! are the da#ned) but as for thee, #! son, the =ord of Spirits "nows that thou art pure, and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.
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$nd &e has destined th! na#e to be a#ong the hol!, $nd will preser e thee a#ongst those who dwell on the earth, $nd has destined th! righteous seed both for "ingship and for great honours, $nd fro# th! seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and hol! without nu#ber for e er. '-%$. The Angels of the (aters &idden to hold them in
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heck.

$nd after that he showed #e the angels of punish#ent who are prepared to co#e and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring 7udge#ent and destruction
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on all who .abide and/ dwell on the earth. $nd the =ord of Spirits ga e co##and#ent to the angels who were going forth, that the! should not cause the waters to rise but should hold the#
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in chec"@ for those angels were o er the powers of the waters. $nd I went awa! fro# the presence of Enoch. '-%$$. 1od>s Promise to 4oah# Places of Punishment of the Angels and of the 2ings.
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$nd in those da!s the word of %od ca#e unto #e, and &e said unto #e) <>oah, th! lot has co#e
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up before -e, a lot without bla#e, a lot of lo e and uprightness. $nd now the angels are #a"ing a wooden +building,, and when the! ha e co#pleted that tas" I will place -! hand upon it and preser e it, and there shall co#e forth fro# it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the
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earth will not re#ain without inhabitant. $nd I will #a"e fast th! seed before #e for e er and e er, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with thee) it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and #ultipl! on the earth in the na#e of the =ord.<
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$nd &e will i#prison those angels, who ha e shown unrighteousness, in that burning alle! which #! grandfather Enoch had for#erl! shown to #e in the west a#ong the #ountains of gold
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and sil er and iron and soft #etal and tin. $nd I saw that alle! in which there was a great
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con ulsion and a con ulsion of the waters. $nd when all this too" place, fro# that fier! #olten #etal and fro# the con ulsion thereof in that place, there was produced a s#ell of sulphur, and it was connected with those waters, and that alle! of the angels who had led astra! +#an"ind, burned
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beneath that land. $nd through its alle!s proceed strea#s of fire, where these angels are punished who had led astra! those who dwell upon the earth.
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9ut those waters shall in those da!s ser e for the "ings and the #ight! and the e5alted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of the bod!, but for the punish#ent of

the spirit@ now their spirit is full of lust, that the! #a! be punished in their bod!, for the! ha e denied the =ord of Spirits
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and see their punish#ent dail!, and !et belie e not in &is na#e. $nd in proportion as the burning of their bodies beco#es se ere, a corresponding change shall ta"e place in their spirit for e er and e er@
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for before the =ord of Spirits none shall utter an idle word. Por the 7udge#ent shall co#e upon the#,
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because the! belie e in the lust of their bod! and den! the Spirit of the =ord. $nd those sa#e waters will undergo a change in those da!s@ for when those angels are punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change their te#perature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the
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springs shall change and beco#e cold. $nd I heard -ichael answering and sa!ing) < This 7udge#ent wherewith the angels are 7udged is a testi#on! for the "ings and the #ight! who possess the
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earth.< 9ecause these waters of 7udge#ent #inister to the healing of the bod! of the "ings and the lust of their bod!@ therefore the! will not see and will not belie e that those waters will change and beco#e a fire which burns for e er. '-%$$$. 0ichael and Raphael astonied at the @eAerity of the ?udgement.
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$nd after that #! grandfather Enoch ga e #e the teaching of all the secrets in the boo" in the Narables which had been gi en to hi#, and he put the# together for #e in the words of the boo"
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of the Narables. $nd on that da! -ichael answered Caphael and said) <The power of the spirit transports and #a"es #e to tre#ble because of the se erit! of the 7udge#ent of the secrets, the 7udge#ent of the angels) who can endure the se ere 7udge#ent which has been e5ecuted, and before
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which the! #elt awa!Q< $nd -ichael answered again, and said to Caphael) <1ho is he whose heart is not softened concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled b! this word of 7udge#ent
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+that, has gone forth upon the# because of those who ha e thus led the# outQ< $nd it ca#e to pass when he stood before the =ord of Spirits, -ichael said thus to Caphael) <I will not ta"e their part under the e!e of the =ord@ for the =ord of Spirits has been angr! with the# because the! do
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as if the! were the =ord. Therefore all that is hidden shall co#e upon the# for e er and e er@ for neither angel nor #an shall ha e his portion +in it,, but alone the! ha e recei ed their 7udge#ent for e er and e er. '-$-. The 4ames and Functions of the 3fallen Angels and5 @atans# the secret Oath.
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$nd after this 7udge#ent the! shall terrif! and #a"e the# to tre#ble because the! ha e shown this to those who dwell on the earth.
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$nd behold the na#es of those angels .and these are their na#es) the first of the# is Sa#7?3?, the second $rt?2Bf?, and the third $r#Recirc@n, the fourth EF"abDl, the fifth TJr?Dl, the si5th CJ#7?l, the se enth G?n7?l, the eighth >D2?Dl, the ninth 9ar?2Dl, the tenth $3?3Dl, the ele enth $r#?rFs, the twelfth 9atar7?l, the thirteenth 9usasD7al, the fourteenth &an?nDl, the fifteenth TJrDl, and the si5teenth SB#?pDsBDl, the se enteenth AetrDl, the eighteenth TJ#DDl, the nineteenth TJrDl,
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the twentieth CJ#?Dl, the twent!-first $3?3Dl. $nd these are the chiefs of their angels and their na#es, and their chief ones o er hundreds and o er fifties and o er tens/.
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The na#e of the first Ae2Fn) that is, the one who led astra! .all/ the sons of %od, and brought the#
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down to the earth, and led the# astra! through the daughters of #en. $nd the second was na#ed $sbeDl) he i#parted to the hol! sons of %od e il counsel, and led the# astra! so that the! defiled
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their bodies with the daughters of #en. $nd the third was na#ed %?dreDl) he it is who showed the children of #en all the blows of death, and he led astra! E e, and showed .the weapons of death to the sons of #en/ the shield and the coat of #ail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons
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of death to the children of #en. $nd fro# his hand the! ha e proceeded against those who dwell
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on the earth fro# that da! and for e er#ore. $nd the fourth was na#ed NDnD#Je) he taught the
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children of #en the bitter and the sweet, and he taught the# all the secrets of their wisdo#. $nd he instructed #an"ind in writing with in" and paper, and thereb! #an! sinned fro# eternit! to
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eternit! and until this da!. Por #en were not created for such a purpose, to gi e confir#ation
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to their good faith with pen and in". Por #en were created e5actl! li"e the angels, to the intent that the! should continue pure and righteous, and death, which destro!s e er!thing, could not ha e ta"en hold of the#, but through this their "nowledge the! are perishing, and through this power
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it is consu#ing #e. $nd the fifth was na#ed E?sde7?) this is he who showed the children of #en all the wic"ed s#itings of spirits and de#ons, and the s#itings of the e#br!o in the wo#b, that it #a! pass awa!, and .the s#itings of the soul/ the bites of the serpent, and the s#itings
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which befall through the noontide heat, the son of the serpent na#ed Tab?<et. $nd this is the tas" of E?sbeDl, the chief of the oath which he showed to the hol! ones when he dwelt high
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abo e in glor!, and its na#e is 9B2?. This +angel, re2uested -ichael to show hi# the hidden na#e, that he #ight enunciate it in the oath, so that those #ight 2ua"e before that na#e and oath who
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re ealed all that was in secret to the children of #en. $nd this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath $"?e in the hand of -ichael.
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$nd these are the secrets of this oath... $nd the! are strong through his oath) $nd the hea en was suspended before the world was created, $nd for e er.
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$nd through it the earth was founded upon the water, $nd fro# the secret recesses of the #ountains co#e beautiful waters, Pro# the creation of the world and unto eternit!.
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$nd through that oath the sea was created, $nd as its foundation &e set for it the sand against the ti#e of +its, anger, $nd it dare not pass be!ond it fro# the creation of the world unto eternit!.
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$nd through that oath are the depths #ade fast, $nd abide and stir not fro# their place fro# eternit! to eternit!.
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$nd through that oath the sun and #oon co#plete their course, $nd de iate not fro# their ordinance fro# eternit! to eternit!.
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$nd through that oath the stars co#plete their course, $nd &e calls the# b! their na#es, $nd the! answer &i# fro# eternit! to eternit!.
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.$nd in li"e #anner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and of all 3eph!rs, and +their, paths
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fro# all the 2uarters of the winds. $nd there are preser ed the oices of the thunder and the light of the lightnings) and there are preser ed the cha#bers of the hail and the cha#bers of the
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hoarfrost, and the cha#bers of the #ist, and the cha#bers of the rain and the dew. $nd all these belie e and gi e than"s before the =ord of Spirits, and glorif! +&i#, with all their power, and their food is in e er! act of than"sgi ing) the! than" and glorif! and e5tol the na#e of the =ord of Spirits for e er and e er./
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$nd this oath is #ight! o er the# $nd through it .the! are preser ed and/ their paths are preser ed, $nd their course is not destro!ed.
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$nd there was great 7o! a#ongst the#, $nd the! blessed and glorified and e5tolled 9ecause the na#e of that Son of -an had been re ealed unto the#.
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$nd he sat on the throne of his glor!, $nd the su# of 7udge#ent was gi en unto the Son of -an, $nd he caused the sinners to pass awa! and be destro!ed fro# off the face of the earth, $nd those who ha e led the world astra!.
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1ith chains shall the! be bound, $nd in their asse#blage-place of destruction shall the! be i#prisoned, $nd all their wor"s anish fro# the face of the earth.
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$nd fro# henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible@ Por that Son of -an has appeared, $nd has seated hi#self on the throne of his glor!, $nd all e il shall pass awa! before his face, $nd the word of that Son of -an shall go forth $nd be strong before the =ord of Spirits. This is the third parable of Enoch. '--. The Final Translation of Enoch.
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$nd it ca#e to pass after this that his na#e during his lifeti#e was raised aloft to that Son of
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-an and to the =ord of Spirits fro# a#ongst those who dwell on the earth. $nd he was raised aloft
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on the chariots of the spirit and his na#e anished a#ong the#. $nd fro# that da! I was no longer nu#bered a#ongst the#) and he set #e between the two winds, between the >orth and the
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1est, where the angels too" the cords to #easure for #e the place for the elect and righteous. $nd there I saw the first fathers and the righteous who fro# the beginning dwell in that place. '--$. TCo earlier %isions of Enoch.
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$nd it ca#e to pass after this that #! spirit was translated $nd it ascended into the hea ens) $nd I saw the hol! sons of %od. The! were stepping on fla#es of fire) Their gar#ents were white .and their rai#ent/, $nd their faces shone li"e snow.
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$nd I saw two strea#s of fire, $nd the light of that fire shone li"e h!acinth, $nd I fell on #! face before the =ord of Spirits.
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$nd the angel -ichael .one of the archangels/ sei3ed #e b! #! right hand, $nd lifted #e up and led #e forth into all the secrets, $nd he showed #e all the secrets of righteousness.
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$nd he showed #e all the secrets of the ends of the hea en, $nd all the cha#bers of all the stars, and all the lu#inaries, 1hence the! proceed before the face of the hol! ones.
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$nd he translated #! spirit into the hea en of hea ens, $nd I saw there as it were a structure built of cr!stals, $nd between those cr!stals tongues of li ing fire.
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$nd #! spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire, $nd on its four sides were strea#s full of li ing fire, $nd the! girt that house.
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$nd round about were Seraphin, Cherubic, and 'phannin) $nd these are the! who sleep not $nd guard the throne of &is glor!.
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$nd I saw angels who could not be counted, $ thousand thousands, and ten thousand ti#es ten thousand, Encircling that house.

$nd -ichael, and Caphael, and %abriel, and Nhanuel, $nd the hol! angels who are abo e the hea ens, %o in and out of that house.
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$nd the! ca#e forth fro# that house, $nd -ichael and %abriel, Caphael and Nhanuel, $nd #an! hol! angels without nu#ber.
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$nd with the# the &ead of Ga!s, &is head white and pure as wool, $nd &is rai#ent indescribable.
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$nd I fell on #! face, $nd #! whole bod! beca#e rela5ed, $nd #! spirit was transfigured@ $nd I cried with a loud oice, . . . with the spirit of power, $nd blessed and glorified and e5tolled.
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$nd these blessings which went forth out of #! #outh were well pleasing before that &ead of
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Ga!s. $nd that &ead of Ga!s ca#e with -ichael and %abriel, Caphael and Nhanuel, thousands and ten thousands of angels without nu#ber. .=ost passage wherein the Son of -an was described as acco#pan!ing the &ead of Ga!s, and Enoch as"ed one of the angels +as in 5l i. (, concerning the Son of -an as to who he was./
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$nd he +i.e. the angel, ca#e to #e and greeted #e with &is oice, and said unto #e) <This is the Son of -an who is born unto righteousness, $nd righteousness abides o er hi#, $nd the righteousness of the &ead of Ga!s forsa"es hi# not.<
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$nd he said unto #e) <&e proclai#s unto thee peace in the na#e of the world to co#e@ Por fro# hence has proceeded peace since the creation of the world, $nd so shall it be unto thee for e er and for e er and e er.
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$nd all shall wal" in his wa!s since righteousness ne er forsa"eth hi#) 1ith hi# will be their dwelling-places, and with hi# their heritage, $nd the! shall not be separated fro# hi# for e er and e er and e er. $nd so there shall be length of da!s with that Son of -an, $nd the righteous shall ha e peace and an upright wa! In the na#e of the =ord of Spirits for e er and e er.< @ection $$$. hapters '--$$-'---$$. The Book of the HeaAenly 'uminaries.

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The boo" of the courses of the lu#inaries of the hea en, the relations of each, according to their classes, their do#inion and their seasons, according to their na#es and places of origin, and according to their #onths, which Kriel, the hol! angel, who was with #e, who is their guide, showed #e@ and he showed #e all their laws e5actl! as the! are, and how it is with regard to all the !ears of the world
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and unto eternit!, till the new creation is acco#plished which endureth till eternit!. $nd this is the first law of the lu#inaries) the lu#inar! the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the hea en,
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and its setting in the western portals of the hea en. $nd I saw si5 portals in which the sun rises, and si5 portals in which the sun sets and the #oon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those who# the! lead) si5 in the east and si5 in the west, and all following each other
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in accuratel! corresponding order) also #an! windows to the right and left of these portals. $nd first there goes forth the great lu#inar!, na#ed the Sun, and his circu#ference is li"e the
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circu#ference of the hea en, and he is 2uite filled with illu#inating and heating fire. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind dri es, and the sun goes down fro# the hea en and returns through the north in order to reach the east, and is so guided that he co#es to the appropriate +lit. <that<, portal and
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shines in the face of the hea en. In this wa! he rises in the first #onth in the great portal, which
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is the fourth .those si5 portals in the cast/. $nd in that fourth portal fro# which the sun rises in the first #onth are twel e window-openings, fro# which proceed a fla#e when the! are opened in
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their season. 1hen the sun rises in the hea en, he co#es forth through that fourth portal thirt!,
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#ornings in succession, and sets accuratel! in the fourth portal in the west of the hea en. $nd during this period the da! beco#es dail! longer and the night nightl! shorter to the thirtieth
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#orning. 'n that da! the da! is longer than the night b! a ninth part, and the da! a#ounts e5actl! to ten parts and the night to eight parts. $nd the sun rises fro# that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth portal of the east thirt! #ornings, and rises fro# it and sets in the fifth
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portal. $nd then the da! beco#es longer b! two parts and a#ounts to ele en parts, and the night
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beco#es shorter and a#ounts to se en parts. $nd it returns to the east and enters into the si5th 1* portal, and rises and sets in the si5th portal one-and-thirt! #ornings on account of its sign. 'n that da! the da! beco#es longer than the night, and the da! beco#es double the night, and the da!
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beco#es twel e parts, and the night is shortened and beco#es si5 parts. $nd the sun #ounts up to #a"e the da! shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns to the east and enters into the
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si5th portal, and rises fro# it and sets thirt! #ornings. $nd when thirt! #ornings are acco#plished,
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the da! decreases b! e5actl! one part, and beco#es ele en parts, and the night se en. $nd the sun goes forth fro# that si5th portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for
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thirt! #ornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal. 'n that da! the da! decreases b! two parts, and a#ounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts. $nd the sun goes forth fro# that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one2M

and-thirt! #ornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west. 'n that da! the da! is e2uali3ed with the night, .and beco#es of e2ual length/, and the night a#ounts to nine parts and the da! to
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nine parts. $nd the sun rises fro# that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises
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thirt! #ornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal. $nd on that da! the night beco#es longer than the da!, and night beco#es longer than night, and da! shorter than da! till the thirtieth #orning, and the night a#ounts e5actl! to ten parts and the da! to eight
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parts. $nd the sun rises fro# that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirt! #ornings rises
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in the second portal in the east, and in li"e #anner sets in the second portal in the west of the hea en. $nd on that da! the night a#ounts to ele en
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parts and the da! to se en parts. $nd the sun rises on that da! fro# that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirt!
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#ornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the hea en. $nd on that da! the night beco#es longer and a#ounts to the double of the da!) and the night a#ounts e5actl! to twel e parts and
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the da! to si5. $nd the sun has +therewith, tra ersed the di isions of his orbit and turns again on those di isions of his orbit, and enters that portal thirt! #ornings and sets also in the west
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opposite to it. $nd on that night has the night decreased in length b! a ninth part, and the night
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has beco#e ele en parts and the da! se en parts. $nd the sun has returned and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those his di isions of his orbit for thirt! #ornings, rising
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and setting. $nd on that da! the night decreases in length, and the night a#ounts to ten parts
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and the da! to eight. $nd on that da! the sun rises fro# that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirt! #ornings, and sets in the west of the hea en.
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'n that da! the night decreases and a#ounts to nine parts, and the da! to nine parts, and the night
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is e2ual to the da! and the !ear is e5actl! as to its da!s three hundred and si5t!-four. $nd the length of the da! and of the night, and the shortness of the da! and of the night arise-through the course
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of the sun these distinctions are #ade +lit. <the! are separated<,. So it co#es that its course beco#es
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dail! longer, and its course nightl! shorter. $nd this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns si5t! ti#es and rises, i.e. the great lu#inar! which is na#ed the sun,
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for e er and e er. $nd that which +thus, rises is the great lu#inar!, and is so na#ed according to
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its appearance, according as the =ord co##anded. $s he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs da! and night, and his light is se enfold brighter than that of the #oon@ but as regards si3e the! are both e2ual. '--$$$. The 0oon and its Phases.
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$nd after this law I saw another law dealing with the s#aller lu#inar!, which is na#ed the -oon.
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$nd her circu#ference is li"e the circu#ference of the hea en, and her chariot in which she rides
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is dri en b! the wind, and light is gi en to her in +definite, #easure. $nd her rising and setting change e er! #onth) and her da!s are li"e the da!s of the sun, and when her light is unifor#
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+i.e. full, it a#ounts to the se enth part of the light of the sun. $nd thus she rises. $nd her first phase in the east co#es forth on the thirtieth #orning) and on that da! she beco#es isible, and constitutes for !ou the first phase of the #oon on the thirtieth da! together with the sun in the
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portal where the sun rises. $nd the one half of her goes forth b! a se enth part, and her whole circu#ference is e#pt!, without light, with the e5ception of one-se enth part of it, +and, the
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fourteenth part of her light. $nd when she recei es one-se enth part of the half of her light, her light
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a#ounts to one-se enth part and the half thereof. $nd she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the #oon rises with hi# and recei es the half of one part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her #orning .in the co##ence#ent of the lunar da!/ the #oon sets with the sun, and
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is in isible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of one of the#. $nd she rises on that da! with e5actl! a se enth part, and co#es forth and recedes fro# the rising of the sun, and in her re#aining da!s she beco#es bright in the +re#aining, thirteen parts. '--$%. The 'unar Eear.
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$nd I saw another course, a law for her, +and, how according to that law she perfor#s her #onthl!
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re olution. $nd all these Kriel, the hol! angel who is the leader of the# all, showed to #e, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as he showed the# to #e, and I wrote down their #onths
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as the! were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen da!s were acco#plished. In single se enth parts she acco#plishes all her light in the east, and in single se enth parts acco#plishes all her
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dar"ness in the west. $nd in certain #onths she alters her settings, and in certain #onths she pursues
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her own peculiar course. In two #onths the #oon sets with the sun) in those two #iddle portals the
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third and the fourth. She goes forth for se en da!s, and turns about and returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and acco#plishes all her light) and she recedes fro# the sun, and in eight
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da!s enters the si5th portal fro# which the sun goes forth. $nd when the sun goes forth fro# the fourth portal she goes forth se en da!s, until she goes forth fro# the fifth and turns bac" again in se en da!s into the fourth portal and acco#plishes all her light) and she recedes and enters into the
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first portal in eight da!s. $nd she returns again in se en da!s into the fourth portal fro# which the
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sun goes forth. Thus I saw their position -how the #oons rose and the sun set in those da!s. $nd if fi e !ears are added together the sun has an o erplus of thirt! da!s, and all the da!s which accrue
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to it for one of those fi e !ears, when the! are full, a#ount to (4* da!s. $nd the o erplus of the sun and of the stars a#ounts to si5 da!s) in 0 !ears 4 da!s e er! !ear co#e to (M da!s) and the
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#oon falls behind the sun and stars to the nu#ber of (M da!s. $nd the sun and the stars bring in all the !ears e5actl!, so that the! do not ad ance or dela! their position b! a single da! unto eternit!@ but co#plete the !ears with perfect 7ustice in (4* da!s. In ( !ears there are 1,M:2 da!s, and in 0 !ears 1,82M da!s, so that in 8 !ears there are 2,:12 da!s. Por the #oon alone the da!s a#ount in ( !ears to 1,M42 da!s, and in 0 !ears she falls 0M da!s behind) .i.e. to the su# +of 1,66M, there is
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to be added +1,MMM and, 42 da!s./ $nd in 0 !ears there are 1,66M da!s, so that for the #oon the da!s
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in 8 !ears a#ount to 2,8(2 da!s. .Por in 8 !ears she falls behind to the a#ount of 8M da!s/, all the
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da!s she falls behind in 8 !ears are 8M. $nd the !ear is accuratel! co#pleted in confor#it! with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which rise fro# the portals through which it +the sun, rises and sets (M da!s.
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$nd the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed o er the whole creation and o er all the stars, ha e also to do with the four intercalar! da!s, being inseparable

fro# their office, according to the rec"oning of the !ear, and these render ser ice on the four da!s which are not
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rec"oned in the rec"oning of the !ear. $nd owing to the# #en go wrong therein, for those lu#inaries trul! render ser ice on the world-stations, one in the first portal, one in the third portal of the hea en, one in the fourth portal, and one in the si5th portal, and the e5actness of the !ear is
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acco#plished through its separate three hundred and si5t!-four stations. Por the signs and the ti#es and the !ears and the da!s the angel Kriel showed to #e, who# the =ord of glor! hath set for e er o er all the lu#inaries of the hea en, in the hea en and in the world, that the! should rule on the face of the hea en and be seen on the earth, and be leaders for the da! and the night, i.e. the sun, #oon, and stars, and all the #inistering creatures which #a"e their re olution in all the chariots
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of the hea en. In li"e #anner twel e doors Kriel showed #e, open in the circu#ference of the sun<s chariot in the hea en, through which the ra!s of the sun brea" forth) and fro# the# is war#th
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diffused o er the earth, when the! are opened at their appointed seasons. .$nd for the winds and
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the spirit of the dew when the! are opened, standing open in the hea ens at the ends./ $s for the twel e portals in the hea en, at the ends of the earth, out of which go forth the sun, #oon, and stars,
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and all the wor"s of hea en in the east and in the west, There are #an! windows open to the left and right of the#, and one window at its +appointed, season produces war#th, corresponding +as these do, to those doors fro# which the stars co#e forth according as &e has co##anded the#,
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and wherein the! set corresponding to their nu#ber. $nd I saw chariots in the hea en, running
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in the world, abo e those portals in which re ol e the stars that ne er set. $nd one is larger than all the rest, and it is that that #a"es its course through the entire world. '--%$. The TCelAe (inds and their Portals.
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$nd at the ends of the earth I saw twel e portals open to all the 2uarters +of the hea en,, fro#
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which the winds go forth and blow o er the earth. Three of the# are open on the face +i.e. the east, of the hea ens, and three in the west, and three on the right +i.e. the south, of the hea en, and

three on the left +i.e. the north,. $nd the three first are those of the east, and three are of the
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north, and three .after those on the left/ of the south, and three of the west. Through four of these co#e winds of blessing and prosperit!, and fro# those eight co#e hurtful winds) when the! are sent, the! bring destruction on all the earth and on the water upon it, and on all who dwell thereon, and on e er!thing which is in the water and on the land.
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$nd the first wind fro# those portals, called the east wind, co#es forth through the first portal which is in the east, inclining towards the south) fro# it co#e forth desolation, drought, heat,
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and destruction. $nd through the second portal in the #iddle co#es what is fitting, and fro# it there co#e rain and fruitfulness and prosperit! and dew@ and through the third portal which lies toward the north co#e cold and drought.
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$nd after these co#e forth the south winds through three portals) through the first portal of
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the# inclining to the east co#es forth a hot wind. $nd through the #iddle portal ne5t to it there
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co#e forth fragrant s#ells, and dew and rain, and prosperit! and health. $nd through the third portal l!ing to the west co#e forth dew and rain, locusts and desolation.
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$nd after these the north winds) fro# the se enth portal in the east co#e dew and rain, locusts
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and desolation. $nd fro# the #iddle portal co#e in a direct direction health and rain and dew and prosperit!@ and through the third portal in the west co#e cloud and hoarfrost, and snow and rain, and dew and locusts.
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$nd after these .four/ are the west winds) through the first portal ad7oining the north co#e forth
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dew and hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost. $nd fro# the #iddle portal co#e forth dew and rain, and prosperit! and blessing@ and through the last portal which ad7oins the south co#e forth
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drought and desolation, and burning and destruction. $nd the twel e portals of the four 2uarters of the hea en are therewith co#pleted, and all their laws and all their plagues and all their benefactions ha e I shown to thee, #! son -ethuselah. '--%$$. The Four Duarters of the (orld# the @eAen 0ountains! the @eAen RiAers! Fc.
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$nd the first 2uarter is called the east, because it is the first) and the second, the south, because the -ost &igh will descend there, !ea, there in 2uite a special sense will &e who is blessed for e er
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descend. $nd the west 2uarter is na#ed the di#inished, because there all the lu#inaries of the
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hea en wane and go down. $nd the fourth 2uarter, na#ed the north, is di ided into three parts) the first of the# is for the dwelling of #en) and the second contains seas of water, and the ab!sses and forests and ri ers, and dar"ness and clouds@ and the third part contains the garden of righteousness.
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I saw se en high #ountains, higher than all the #ountains which are on the earth) and thence
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co#es forth hoar-frost, and da!s, seasons, and !ears pass awa!. I saw se en ri ers on the earth larger than all the ri ers) one of the# co#ing fro# the west pours its waters into the %reat Sea.
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$nd these two co#e fro# the north to the sea and pour their waters into the Er!thraean Sea in the
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east. $nd the re#aining, four co#e forth on the side of the north to their own sea, two of the# to the Er!thraean Sea, and two into the %reat Sea and discharge the#sel es there .and so#e sa!)
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into the desert/. Se en great islands I saw in the sea and in the #ainland) two in the #ainland and fi e in the %reat Sea. '--%$$$. The @un and 0oon# the (a"ing and (aning of the 0oon.
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$nd the na#es of the sun are the following) the first 'r7?rDs, and the second TF#?s. $nd the #oon has four na#es) the first na#e is $sFn7?, the second Ebl?, the third 9en?sD, and the fourth
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Er?e. These are the two great lu#inaries) their circu#ference is li"e the circu#ference of the
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hea en, and the si3e of the circu#ference of both is ali"e. In the circu#ference of the sun there are se en portions of light which are added to it #ore than to the #oon, and in definite #easures it is
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transferred till the se enth portion of the sun is e5hausted. $nd the! set and enter the portals of the west, and #a"e their re olution b! the north, and co#e forth through the eastern portals

on the face of the hea en. $nd when the #oon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the hea en)
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.the light beco#es full in her/) on the fourteenth da! she acco#plishes her light. $nd fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth da! +when, her light is acco#plished, according to the sign of the !ear, and she beco#es fifteen parts, and the #oon grows b! +the addition of, fourteenth
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parts. $nd in her waning +the #oon, decreases on the first da! to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twel e, on the fourth to ele en, on the fifth to ten, on the si5th to nine, on the se enth to eight, on the eighth to se en, on the ninth to si5, on the tenth to fi e, on the ele enth to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth
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to the half of a se enth, and all her re#aining light disappears wholl! on the fifteenth. $nd
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in certain #onths the #onth has twent!-nine da!s and once twent!-eight. $nd Kriel showed #e another law) when light is transferred to the #oon, and on which side it is transferred to her b!
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the sun. Guring all the period during which the #oon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen da!s .her light is acco#plished in the hea en,
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and when she is illu#ined throughout, her light is acco#plished full in the hea en. $nd on the first
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da! she is called the new #oon, for on that da! the light rises upon her. She beco#es full #oon e5actl! on the da! when the sun sets in the west, and fro# the east she rises at night, and the #oon shines the whole night through till the sun rises o er against her and the #oon is seen o er against
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the sun. 'n the side whence the light of the #oon co#es forth, there again she wanes till all the light anishes and all the da!s of the #onth are at an end, and her circu#ference is e#pt!, oid of
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light. $nd three #onths she #a"es of thirt! da!s, and at her ti#e she #a"es three #onths of twent!-nine da!s each, in which she acco#plishes her waning in the first period of ti#e, and in the first
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portal for one hundred and se ent!-se en da!s. $nd in the ti#e of her going out she appears for three #onths +of, thirt! da!s each, and for three #onths she appears +of, twent!-nine each. $t night she appears li"e a #an for twent! da!s each ti#e, and b! da! she appears li"e the hea en, and there is nothing else in her sa e her light. '--$--'---.:. Recapitulation of seAeral of the 'aCs.

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$nd now, #! son, I ha e shown thee e er!thing, and the law of all the stars of the hea en is
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co#pleted. $nd he showed #e all the laws of these for e er! da!, and for e er! season of bearing rule, and for e er! !ear, and for its going forth, and for the order prescribed to it e er! #onth
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and e er! wee") $nd the waning of the #oon which ta"es place in the si5th portal) for in this
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si5th portal her light is acco#plished, and after that there is the beginning of the waning) +$nd the waning, which ta"es place in the first portal in its season, till one hundred and se ent!-se en
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da!s are acco#plished) rec"oned according to wee"s, twent!-fi e +wee"s, and two da!s. She falls behind the sun and the order of the stars e5actl! fi e da!s in the course of one period, and when
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this place which thou seest has been tra ersed. Such is the picture and s"etch of e er! lu#inar! which Kriel the archangel, who is their leader, showed unto #e.
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$nd in those da!s the angel Kriel answered and said to #e) <9ehold, I ha e shown thee e er!thing, Enoch, and I ha e re ealed e er!thing to thee that thou shouldst see this sun and this #oon, and the leaders of the stars of the hea en and all those who turn the#, their tas"s and ti#es and departures. '---.)-8. PerAersion of 4ature and the heaAenly Bodies due to the @in of 0en.
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$nd in the da!s of the sinners the !ears shall be shortened, $nd their seed shall be tard! on their lands and fields, $nd all things on the earth shall alter, $nd shall not appear in their ti#e) $nd the rain shall be "ept bac" $nd the hea en shall withhold +it,.
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$nd in those ti#es the fruits of the earth shall be bac"ward, $nd shall not grow in their ti#e, $nd the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their ti#e.
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$nd the #oon shall alter her order, $nd not appear at her ti#e.
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.$nd in those da!s the sun shall be seen and he shall 7ourne! in the e ening on the e5tre#it! of the great chariot in the west/ $nd shall shine #ore brightl! than accords with the order of light.
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$nd #an! chiefs of the stars shall transgress the order +prescribed,. $nd these shall alter their orbits and tas"s, $nd not appear at the seasons prescribed to the#.
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$nd the whole order of the stars shall be concealed fro# the sinners, $nd the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning the#, .$nd the! shall be altered fro# all their wa!s/, Oea, the! shall err and ta"e the# to be gods.
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$nd e il shall be #ultiplied upon the#, $nd punish#ent shall co#e upon the# So as to destro! all.< '---$. The HeaAenly Ta&lets and the 0ission of Enoch.
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$nd he said unto #e) <'bser e, Enoch, these hea enl! tablets, $nd read what is written thereon, $nd #ar" e er! indi idual fact.<
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$nd I obser ed the hea enl! tablets, and read e er!thing which was written +thereon, and understood e er!thing, and read the boo" of all the deeds of #an"ind, and of all the children of flesh
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that shall be upon the earth to the re#otest generations. $nd forthwith I blessed the great =ord the Eing of glor! for e er, in that &e has #ade all the wor"s of the world, $nd I e5tolled the =ord because of &is patience, $nd blessed &i# because of the children of #en.
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$nd after that I said) <9lessed is the #an who dies in righteousness and goodness, Concerning who# there is no boo" of unrighteousness written, $nd against who# no da! of 7udge#ent shall be found.<
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$nd those se en hol! ones brought #e and placed #e on the earth before the door of #! house, and said to #e) <Geclare e er!thing to th! son -ethuselah, and show to all th! children that no
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flesh is righteous in the sight of the =ord, for &e is their Creator. 'ne !ear we will lea e thee with th! son, till thou gi est th! +last, co##ands, that thou #a!est teach th! children and record +it, for the#, and testif! to all th! children@ and in the second !ear the! shall ta"e thee fro# their #idst.

=et th! heart be strong, Por the good shall announce righteousness to the good@ The righteous with the righteous shall re7oice, $nd shall offer congratulation to one another.
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9ut the sinners shall die with the sinners, $nd the apostate go down with the apostate.
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$nd those who practice righteousness shall die on account of the deeds of #en, $nd be ta"en awa! on account of the doings of the godless.<
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$nd in those da!s the! ceased to spea" to #e, and I ca#e to #! people, blessing the =ord of the world. '---$$. harge giAen to Enoch# the four $ntercalary days# the @tars Chich lead the @easons and the 0onths.
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$nd now, #! son -ethuselah, all these things I a# recounting to thee and writing down for thee; and I ha e re ealed to thee e er!thing, and gi en thee boo"s concerning all these) so preser e, #! son -ethuselah, the boo"s fro# th! father<s hand, and +see, that thou deli er the# to the generations of the world.
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I ha e gi en wisdo# to thee and to th! children, .$nd th! children that shall be to thee/, That the! #a! gi e it to their children for generations, This wisdo# +na#el!, that passeth their thought.
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$nd those who understand it shall not sleep, 9ut shall listen with the ear that the! #a! learn this wisdo#, $nd it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food.
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9lessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who wal" in the wa! of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the rec"oning of all their da!s in which the sun tra erses t he hea en, entering into and departing fro# the portals for thirt! da!s with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four which are intercalated which di ide the four portions of the !ear, which
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lead the# and enter with the# four da!s. 'wing to the# #en shall be at fault and not rec"on the# in the whole rec"oning of the !ear) !ea, #en shall be at fault, and not recogni3e the# accuratel!.
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Por the! belong to the rec"oning of the !ear and are trul! recorded +thereon, for e er, one in the first portal and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in the si5th, and the !ear is co#pleted in three hundred and si5t!-four da!s.

$nd the account thereof is accurate and the recorded rec"oning thereof e5act@ for the lu#inaries, and #onths and festi als, and !ears and da!s, has Kriel shown and re ealed to #e, to who# the
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=ord of the whole creation of the world hath sub7ected the host of hea en. $nd he has power o er night and da! in the hea en to cause the light to gi e light to #en -sun, #oon, and stars,
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and all the powers of the hea en which re ol e in their circular chariots. $nd these are the orders of the stars, which set in their places, and in their seasons and festi als and #onths.
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$nd these are the na#es of those who lead the#, who watch that the! enter at their ti#es, in their orders, in their seasons, in their #onths, in their periods of do#inion, and in their positions.
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Their four leaders who di ide the four parts of the !ear enter first@ and after the# the twel e leaders of the orders who di ide the #onths@ and for the three hundred and si5t! +da!s, there are heads o er thousands who di ide the da!s@ and for the four intercalar! da!s there are the leaders which sunder
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the four parts of the !ear. $nd these heads o er thousands are intercalated between
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leader and leader, each behind a station, but their leaders #a"e the di ision. $nd these are the na#es of the leaders who di ide the four parts of the !ear which are ordained) -Bl"B<Dl, &el<e##DlD", and -Dl<D7al,
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and >?rDl. $nd the na#es of those who lead the#) $dn?r<Dl, and I7?sJsa<Dl, and <ElF#D<Dl -these three follow the leaders of the orders, and there is one that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those leaders of stations that di ide the four parts of the !ear.
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In the beginning of the !ear -el"e7?l rises first and rules, who is na#ed Ta#<?inB and sun, and
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all the da!s of his do#inion whilst he bears rule are ninet!-one da!s. $nd these are the signs of the da!s which are to be seen on earth in the da!s of his do#inion) sweat, and heat, and cal#s@ and all the trees bear fruit, and lea es are produced on all the trees, and the har est of wheat, and the rose-flowers, and all the flowers which co#e forth in the field, but the trees of the winter season
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beco#e withered. $nd these are the na#es of the leaders which are under the#) 9er"a<Dl, IDlebs<Dl, and another who is added a head of a thousand, called &BlJ7?seph) and the da!s of the do#inion of this +leader, are at an end.
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The ne5t leader after hi# is &Dl<e##DlD", who# one na#es the shining sun, and all the da!s
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of his light are ninet!-one da!s. $nd these are the signs of +his, da!s on the earth) glowing heat and dr!ness, and the trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and read!, and the sheep pair and beco#e pregnant, and all the fruits of the earth are gathered in, and e er!thing that is
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in the fields, and the winepress) these things ta"e place in the da!s of his do#inion. These are the na#es, and the orders, and the leaders of those heads of thousands) %Bd?<B7al, ED<Dl, and &D<Dl, and the na#e of the head of a thousand which is added to the#, $sf?<Dl) and the da!s of his do#inion are at an end. @ection $%. hapters '---$$$-- . The .ream-%isions. '---$$$-'---$%. First .ream-%ision on the .eluge.
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$nd now, #! son -ethuselah, I will show thee all #! isions which I ha e seen, recounting
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the# before thee. Two isions I saw before I too" a wife, and the one was 2uite unli"e the other) the first when I was learning to write) the second before I too" th! #other, +when, I saw a terrible
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ision. $nd regarding the# I pra!ed to the =ord. I had laid #e down in the house of #! grandfather -ahalalel, +when, I saw in a ision how the hea en collapsed and was borne off and fell to
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the earth. $nd when it fell to the earth I saw how the earth was swallowed up in a great ab!ss, and #ountains were suspended on #ountains, and hills san" down on hills, and high trees were rent
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fro# their ste#s, and hurled down and sun" in the ab!ss. $nd thereupon a word fell into #! #outh,
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and I lifted up +#! oice, to cr! aloud, and said) <The earth is destro!ed.< $nd #! grandfather -ahalalel wa"ed #e as I la! near hi#, and said unto #e) <1h! dost thou cr! so, #! son, and wh!
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dost thou #a"e such la#entationQ< $nd I recounted to hi# the whole ision which I had seen, and he said unto #e) <$ terrible thing hast thou seen, #! son, and of gra e #o#ent is th! drea#- ision as to the secrets of all the sin of the earth) it #ust sin" into the ab!ss and be destro!ed with
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a great destruction. $nd now, #! son, arise and #a"e petition to the =ord of glor!, since thou art a belie er, that a re#nant #a! re#ain on the earth, and that &e #a! not destro! the whole

earth. -! son, fro# hea en all this will co#e upon the earth, and upon the earth there will be great
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destruction. $fter that I arose and pra!ed and i#plored and besought, and wrote down #! pra!er
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for the generations of the world, and I will show e er!thing to thee, #! son -ethuselah. $nd when I had gone forth below and seen the hea en, and the sun rising in the east, and the #oon setting in the west, and a few stars, and the whole earth, and e er!thing as &e had "nown it in the beginning, then I blessed the =ord of 7udge#ent and e5tolled &i# because &e had #ade the sun to go forth fro# the windows of the east, and he ascended and rose on the face of the hea en, and set out and "ept tra ersing the path shown unto hi#.
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$nd I lifted up #! hands in righteousness and blessed the &ol! and %reat 'ne, and spa"e with the breath of #! #outh, and with the tongue of flesh, which %od has #ade for the children of the flesh of #en, that the! should spea" therewith, and &e ga e the# breath and a tongue and a #outh that the! should spea" therewith)
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<9lessed be Thou, ' =ord, Eing, %reat and #ight! in Th! greatness, =ord of the whole creation of the hea en, Eing of "ings and %od of the whole world. $nd Th! power and "ingship and greatness abide for e er and e er, $nd throughout all generations Th! do#inion@ $nd all the hea ens are Th! throne for e er, $nd the whole earth Th! footstool for e er and e er.
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Por Thou hast #ade and Thou rulest all things, $nd nothing is too hard for Thee, 1isdo# departs not fro# the place of Th! throne, >or turns awa! fro# Th! presence. $nd Thou "nowest and seest and hearest e er!thing, $nd there is nothing hidden fro# Thee .for Thou seest e er!thing/.
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$nd now the angels of Th! hea ens are guilt! of trespass, $nd upon the flesh of #en abideth Th! wrath until the great da! of 7udge#ent.
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$nd now, ' %od and =ord and %reat Eing, I i#plore and beseech Thee to fulfill #! pra!er, To lea e #e a posterit! on earth, $nd not destro! all the flesh of #an, $nd #a"e the earth without inhabitant, So that there should be an eternal destruction.

$nd now, #! =ord, destro! fro# the earth the flesh which has aroused Th! wrath, 9ut the flesh of righteousness and uprightness establish as a plant of the eternal seed, $nd hide not Th! face fro# the pra!er of Th! ser ant, ' =ord.< '---%-- . @econd .ream-%ision of Enoch# the History of the (orld to the Founding of the 0essianic 2ingdom.
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$nd after this I saw another drea#, and I will show the whole drea# to thee, #! son. $nd Enoch lifted up +his oice, and spa"e to his son -ethuselah) <To thee, #! son, will I spea") hear #!
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words -incline thine ear to the drea#- ision of th! father. 9efore I too" th! #other Edna, I saw in a ision on #! bed, and behold a bull ca#e forth fro# the earth, and that bull was white@ and after it ca#e forth a heifer, and along with this +latter, ca#e forth two bulls, one of the# blac" and
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the other red. $nd that blac" bull gored the red one and pursued hi# o er the earth, and thereupon
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I could no longer see that red bull. 9ut that blac" bull grew and that heifer went with hi#, and
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I saw that #an! o5en proceeded fro# hi# which rese#bled and followed hi#. $nd that cow, that first one, went fro# the presence of that first bull in order to see" that red one, but found hi#
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not, and la#ented with a great la#entation o er hi# and sought hi#. $nd I loo"ed till that first
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bull ca#e to her and 2uieted her, and fro# that ti#e onward she cried no #ore. $nd after that she bore another white bull, and after hi# she bore #an! bulls and blac" cows.
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$nd I saw in #! sleep that white bull li"ewise grow and beco#e a great white bull, and fro# &i# proceeded #an! white bulls, and the! rese#bled hi#. $nd the! began to beget #an! white bulls, which rese#bled the#, one following the other, +e en, #an!. '---%$. The Fall of the Angels and the .emorali/ation of 0ankind.
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$nd again I saw with #ine e!es as I slept, and I saw the hea en abo e, and behold a star fell
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fro# hea en, and it arose and eat and pastured a#ongst those o5en. $nd after that I saw the large and the blac" o5en, and behold the! all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began
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to li e with each other. $nd again I saw in the ision, and loo"ed towards the hea en, and behold I saw #an! stars descend and cast the#sel es down fro# hea en to that first star, and the! beca#e
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bulls a#ongst those cattle and pastured with the# .a#ongst the#/. $nd I loo"ed at the# and saw, and behold the! all let out their pri ! #e#bers, li"e horses, and began to co er the cows of the o5en,
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and the! all beca#e pregnant and bare elephants, ca#els, and asses. $nd all the o5en feared the# and were affrighted at the#, and began to bite with their teeth and to de our, and to gore with their
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horns. $nd the! began, #oreo er, to de our those o5en@ and behold all the children of the earth began to tre#ble and 2ua"e before the# and to flee fro# the#. '---%$$. The AdAent of the @eAen Archangels.
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$nd again I saw how the! began to gore each other and to de our each other, and the earth
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began to cr! aloud. $nd I raised #ine e!es again to hea en, and I saw in the ision, and behold there ca#e forth fro# hea en beings who were li"e white #en) and four went forth fro# that place
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and three with the#. $nd those three that had last co#e forth grasped #e b! #! hand and too" #e up, awa! fro# the generations of the earth, and raised #e up to a loft! place, and showed #e
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a tower raised high abo e the earth, and all the hills were lower. $nd one said unto #e) <Ce#ain here till thou seest e er!thing that befalls those elephants, ca#els, and asses, and the stars and the o5en, and all of the#.< '---%$$$. The Punishment of the Fallen Angels &y the Archangels.
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$nd I saw one of those four who had co#e forth first, and he sei3ed that first star which had fallen fro# the hea en, and bound it hand and foot and cast it into an ab!ss) now that ab!ss was
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narrow and deep, and horrible and dar". $nd one of the# drew a sword, and ga e it to those elephants and ca#els and asses) then the! began to s#ite each other, and the whole earth 2ua"ed
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because of the#. $nd as I was beholding in the ision, lo, one of those four who had co#e forth stoned +the#, fro# hea en, and gathered and too" all the great stars whose pri ! #e#bers were li"e those of horses, and bound the# all hand and foot, and cast the# in an ab!ss of the earth. '---$-.:-9. The .eluge and the .eliAerance of 4oah.
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$nd one of those four went to that white bull and instructed hi# in a secret, without his being terrified) he was born a bull and beca#e a #an, and built for hi#self a great essel and dwelt thereon@
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and three bulls dwelt with hi# in that essel and the! were co ered in. $nd again I raised #ine e!es towards hea en and saw a loft! roof, with se en water torrents thereon, and those torrents
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flowed with #uch water into an enclosure. $nd I saw again, and behold fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise upon the surface,
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and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was co ered with water. $nd the water, the dar"ness, and #ist increased upon it@ and as I loo"ed at the height of that water, that water had risen abo e the height of that enclosure, and was strea#ing o er that enclosure, and it stood upon the earth.
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$nd all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how the! san" and were
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swallowed up and perished in that water. 9ut that essel floated on the water, while all the o5en and elephants and ca#els and asses san" to the botto# with all the ani#als, so that I could no longer
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see the#, and the! were not able to escape, +but, perished and san" into the depths. $nd again I saw in the ision till those water torrents were re#o ed fro# that high roof, and the chas#s
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of the earth were le eled up and other ab!sses were opened. Then the water began to run down into these, till the earth beca#e isible@ but that essel settled on the earth, and the dar"ness
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retired and light appeared. 9ut that white bull which had beco#e a #an ca#e out of that essel, and the three bulls with hi#, and one of those three was white li"e that bull, and one of the# was red as blood, and one blac") and that white bull departed fro# the#. '---$-.:;-)7. From the .eath of 4oah to the E"odus.
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$nd the! began to bring forth beasts of the field and birds, so that there arose different genera) lions, tigers, wol es, dogs, h!enas, wild boars, fo5es, s2uirrels, swine, falcons, ultures, "ites,
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eagles, and ra ens@ and a#ong the# was born a white bull. $nd the! began to bite one another@ but that white bull which was born a#ongst the# begat a wild ass and a white bull with it, and the
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wild asses #ultiplied. 9ut that bull which was born fro# hi# begat a blac" wild boar and a white
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sheep@ and the for#er begat #an! boars, but that sheep begat twel e sheep. $nd when those twel e sheep had grown, the! ga e up one of the# to the asses, and those asses again ga e up that sheep
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to the wol es, and that sheep grew up a#ong the wol es. $nd the =ord brought the ele en sheep to li e with it and to pasture with it a#ong the wol es) and the! #ultiplied and beca#e #an!
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floc"s of sheep. $nd the wol es began to fear the#, and the! oppressed the# until the! destro!ed their little ones, and the! cast their !oung into a ri er of #uch water) but those sheep began to
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cr! aloud on account of their little ones, and to co#plain unto their =ord. $nd a sheep which had been sa ed fro# the wol es fled and escaped to the wild asses@ and I saw the sheep how the! la#ented and cried, and besought their =ord with all their #ight, till that =ord of the sheep descended
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at the oice of the sheep fro# a loft! abode, and ca#e to the# and pastured the#. $nd &e called that sheep which had escaped the wol es, and spa"e with it concerning the wol es that it should
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ad#onish the# not to touch the sheep. $nd the sheep went to the wol es according to the word of the =ord, and another sheep #et it and went with it, and the two went and entered together into the asse#bl! of those wol es, and spa"e with the# and ad#onished the# not to touch the
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sheep fro# henceforth. $nd thereupon I saw the wol es, and how the! oppressed the sheep
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e5ceedingl! with all their power@ and the sheep cried aloud. $nd the =ord ca#e to the sheep and the! began to s#ite those wol es) and the wol es began to #a"e la#entation@ but the sheep beca#e
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2uiet and forthwith ceased to cr! out. $nd I saw the sheep till the! departed fro# a#ongst the wol es@ but the e!es of the wol es were blinded, and those wol es departed in pursuit of the sheep
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with all their power. $nd the =ord of the sheep went with the#, as their leader, and all &is sheep
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followed &i#) and his face was da33ling and glorious and terrible to behold. 9ut the wol es
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began to pursue those sheep till the! reached a sea of water. $nd that sea was di ided, and the water stood on this side and on that before their face, and their =ord led the# and placed &i#self between
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the# and the wol es. $nd as those wol es did not !et see the sheep, the! proceeded into the #idst of that sea, and the wol es followed the sheep, and .those wol es/ ran after the# into that sea.
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$nd when the! saw the =ord of the sheep, the! turned to flee before &is face, but that sea gathered itself together, and beca#e as it had been created, and the water swelled and rose till it co ered
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those wol es. $nd I saw till all the wol es who pursued those sheep perished and were drowned. '---$-.)8-+;. $srael in the .esert! the 1iAing of the 'aC! the Entrance into Palestine.
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9ut the sheep escaped fro# that water and went forth into a wilderness, where there was no water and no grass@ and the! began to open their e!es and to see@ and I saw the =ord of the sheep
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pasturing the# and gi ing the# water and grass, and that sheep going and leading the#. $nd that
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sheep ascended to the su##it of that loft! roc", and the =ord of the sheep sent it to the#. $nd after that I saw the =ord of the sheep who stood before the#, and &is appearance was great and
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terrible and #a7estic, and all those sheep saw &i# and were afraid before &is face. $nd the! all feared and tre#bled because of &i#, and the! cried to that sheep with the# .which was a#ongst
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the#/) <1e are not able to stand before our =ord or to behold &i#.< $nd that sheep which led the# again ascended to the su##it of that roc", but the sheep began to be blinded and to wander
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fro# the wa! which he had showed the#, but that sheep wot not thereof. $nd the =ord of the sheep was wrathful e5ceedingl! against the#, and that sheep disco ered it, and went down fro# the su##it of the roc", and ca#e to the sheep, and found the greatest part of the# blinded and fallen
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awa!. $nd when the! saw it the! feared and tre#bled at its presence, and desired to return to their
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folds. $nd that sheep too" other sheep with it, and ca#e to those sheep which had fallen awa!, and began to sla! the#@ and the sheep feared its presence, and thus that sheep brought bac" those
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sheep that had fallen awa!, and the! returned to their folds. $nd I saw in this ision till that sheep beca#e a #an and built a house for the =ord of the sheep, and placed all the sheep in that house.
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$nd I saw till this sheep which had #et that sheep which led the# fell asleep) and I saw till all the great sheep perished and little ones arose in their place, and the! ca#e to a pasture, and
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approached a strea# of water. Then that sheep, their leader which had beco#e a #an, withdrew
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fro# the# and fell asleep, and all the sheep sought it and cried o er it with a great cr!ing. $nd I saw till the! left off cr!ing for that sheep and crossed that strea# of water, and there arose the two sheep as leaders in the place of those which had led the# and fallen asleep +lit. <had fallen asleep and led
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the#<,. $nd I saw till the sheep ca#e to a goodl! place, and a pleasant and glorious land, and I saw till those sheep were satisfied@ and that house stood a#ongst the# in the pleasant land. '---$-.+:-,;. From the Time of the ?udges to the Building of the Temple.
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$nd so#eti#es their e!es were opened, and so#eti#es blinded, till another sheep arose and led the# and brought the# all bac", and their e!es were opened.
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$nd the dogs and the fo5es and the wild boars began to de our those sheep till the =ord of the sheep raised up .another sheep/ a ra# fro# their
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#idst, which led the#. $nd that ra# began to butt on either side those dogs, fo5es, and wild
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boars till he had destro!ed the# all. $nd that sheep whose e!es were opened saw that ra#, which was a#ongst the sheep, till it forsoo" its glor! and began to butt those sheep, and tra#pled upon the#, and beha ed itself
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unsee#l!. $nd the =ord of the sheep sent the la#b to another la#b and raised it to being a ra# and leader of the sheep instead of that
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ra# which had forsa"en its glor!. $nd it went to it and spa"e to it alone, and raised it to being a ra#, and #ade it the prince and leader of the sheep@ but during all these things those dogs
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oppressed the sheep. $nd the first ra# pursued that second ra#, and that second ra# arose and fled before it@ and I saw till those dogs pulled
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down the first ra#. $nd that second ra# arose

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and led the .little/ sheep. $nd those sheep grew and #ultiplied@ but all the dogs, and fo5es, and wild boars feared and fled before it, and that ra# butted and "illed the wild beasts, and those wild beasts had no longer an! power a#ong the *8b sheep and robbed the# no #ore of ought. $nd that ra# begat #an! sheep and fell asleep@ and a little sheep beca#e ra# in its stead, and beca#e prince and leader of those sheep.
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$nd that house beca#e great and broad, and it was built for those sheep) +and, a tower loft! and great was built on the house for the =ord of the sheep, and that house was low, but the tower was ele ated and loft!, and the =ord of the sheep stood on that tower and the! offered a full table before &i#. '---$-.,:-67. The TCo 2ingdoms of $srael and ?udah to the .estruction of ?erusalem.
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$nd again I saw those sheep that the! again erred and went #an! wa!s, and forsoo" that their house, and the =ord of the sheep called so#e fro# a#ongst the sheep and sent the# to the sheep,
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but the sheep began to sla! the#. $nd one of the# was sa ed and was not slain, and it sped awa! and cried aloud o er the sheep@ and the! sought to sla! it, but the =ord of the sheep sa ed it fro#
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the sheep, and brought it up to #e, and caused it to dwell there. $nd #an! other sheep &e sent
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to those sheep to testif! unto the# and la#ent o er the#. $nd after that I saw that when the! forsoo" the house of the =ord and &is tower the! fell awa! entirel!, and their e!es were blinded@ and I saw the =ord of the sheep how &e wrought #uch slaughter a#ongst the# in their herds until
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those sheep in ited that slaughter and betra!ed &is place. $nd &e ga e the# o er into the hands of the lions and tigers, and wol es and h!enas, and into the hand of the fo5es, and to all the wild
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beasts, and those wild beasts began to tear in pieces those sheep. $nd I saw that &e forsoo" that their house and their tower and ga e the# all into the hand of the lions, to tear and de our the#,
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into the hand of all the wild beasts. $nd I began to cr! aloud with all #! power, and to appeal to the =ord of the sheep, and to represent to &i# in regard to the sheep that the! were de oured
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b! all the wild beasts. 9ut &e re#ained un#o ed, though &e saw it, and re7oiced that the! were de oured and swallowed and robbed, and left the# to be de oured in the hand of all the beasts.
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$nd &e called se ent! shepherds, and cast those sheep to the# that the! #ight pasture the#, and &e spa"e to the shepherds and their co#panions) <=et each indi idual of !ou pasture the sheep
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henceforward, and e er!thing that I shall co##and !ou that do !e. $nd I will deli er the# o er unto !ou dul! nu#bered, and tell !ou which of the# are to be destro!ed-and the# destro! !e.< $nd
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&e ga e o er unto the# those sheep. $nd &e called another and spa"e unto hi#) <'bser e and #ar" e er!thing that the shepherds will do to those sheep@ for the! will destro! #ore of the# than
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I ha e co##anded the#. $nd e er! e5cess and the destruction which will be wrought through the shepherds, record +na#el!, how #an! the! destro! according to #! co##and, and how #an! according to their own caprice) record against e er! indi idual shepherd all the destruction he
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effects. $nd read out before #e b! nu#ber how #an! the! destro!, and how #an! the! deli er o er for destruction, that I #a! ha e this as a testi#on! against the#, and "now e er! deed of the shepherds, that I #a! co#prehend and see what the! do, whether or not the! abide b! #!
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co##and which I ha e co##anded the#. 9ut the! shall not "now it, and thou shalt not declare it to the#, nor ad#onish the#, but onl! record against each indi idual all the destruction which
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the shepherds effect each in his ti#e and la! it all before #e.< $nd I saw till those shepherds pastured in their season, and the! began to sla! and to destro! #ore than the! were bidden, and the! deli ered
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those sheep into the hand of the lions. $nd the lions and tigers eat and de oured the greater part of those sheep, and the wild boars eat along with the#@ and the! burnt that tower and de#olished
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that house. $nd I beca#e e5ceedingl! sorrowful o er that tower because that house of the sheep was de#olished, and afterwards I was unable to see if those sheep entered that house. '---$-.68-7:. First Period of the Angelic Rulers -from the .estruction of ?erusalem to the Return from aptiAity.
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$nd the shepherds and their associates deli ered o er those sheep to all the wild beasts, to de our the#, and each one of the# recei ed in his ti#e a definite nu#ber) it was written b! the other
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in a boo" how #an! each one of the# destro!ed of the#. $nd each one slew and destro!ed #an!
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#ore than was prescribed@ and I began to weep and la#ent on account of those sheep. $nd thus in the ision I saw that one who wrote, how he wrote down e er! one that was destro!ed b! those shepherds, da! b! da!, and carried up and laid down and showed actuall! the whole boo" to the =ord of the sheep-+e en, e er!thing that the! had done, and all that each one of the# had #ade
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awa! with, and all that the! had gi en o er to destruction. $nd the boo" was read before the =ord of the sheep, and &e too" the boo" fro# his hand and read it and sealed it and laid it down. '---$-.7)-77. @econd Period -from the Time of 1reat.
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$nd forthwith I saw how the shepherds pastured for twel e hours, and behold three of those sheep turned bac" and ca#e and entered and began to build up all that had fallen down of that
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house@ but the wild boars tried to hinder the#, but the! were not able. $nd the! began again to build as before, and the! reared up that tower, and it was na#ed the high tower@ and the! began again to place a table before the tower, but all the bread on it was polluted and not pure.
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$nd as touching all this the e!es of those sheep were blinded so that the! saw not, and +the e!es of, their shepherds li"ewise@ and the! deli ered the# in large nu#bers to their shepherds for
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destruction, and the! tra#pled the sheep with their feet and de oured the#. $nd the =ord of the sheep re#ained un#o ed till all the sheep were dispersed o er the field and #ingled with the# +i.e. the
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beasts,, and the! +i.e. the shepherds, did not sa e the# out of the hand of the beasts. $nd this one who wrote the boo" carried it up, and showed it and read it before the =ord of the sheep, and i#plored &i# on their account, and besought &i# on their account as he showed &i# all the doings
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of the shepherds, and ga e testi#on! before &i# against all the shepherds. $nd he too" the actual boo" and laid it down beside &i# and departed. - .:-,. Third Period -from Ale"ander the 1reat to the 1raeco-@yrian .omination.
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$nd I saw till that in this #anner thirt!-fi e shepherds undertoo" the pasturing +of the sheep,, and the! se erall! co#pleted their periods as did the first@ and others recei ed the# into their
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hands, to pasture the# for their period, each shepherd in his own period. $nd after that I saw in #! ision all the birds of hea en co#ing, the eagles, the ultures, the "ites, the ra ens@ but the eagles led all the birds@ and the! began to de our those sheep, and to pic" out their e!es and to
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de our their flesh. $nd the sheep cried out because their flesh was being de oured b! the birds,
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and as for #e I loo"ed and la#ented in #! sleep o er that shepherd who pastured the sheep. $nd I saw until those sheep were de oured b! the dogs and eagles and "ites, and the! left neither flesh nor s"in nor sinew re#aining on the# till onl! their bones stood there) and their bones too fell
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to the earth and the sheep beca#e few. $nd I saw until that twent!-three had underta"en the pasturing and co#pleted in their se eral periods fift!-eight ti#es. - .6-:). Fourth Period -from the 1raeco-@yrian .omination to the 0acca&ean ReAolt.
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9ut behold la#bs were borne b! those white sheep, and the! began to open their e!es and to see,
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and to cr! to the sheep. Oea, the! cried to the#, but the! did not hear"en to what the! said to 8 the#, but were e5ceedingl! deaf, and their e!es were er! e5ceedingl!

blinded. $nd I saw in the ision how the ra ens flew upon those la#bs and too" one of those la#bs, and dashed the sheep
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in pieces and de oured the#. $nd I saw till horns grew upon those la#bs, and the ra ens cast down their horns@ and I saw till there sprouted a great horn of one of those sheep, and their e!es
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were opened. $nd it loo"ed at the# .and their e!es opened/, and it cried to the sheep, and the
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ra#s saw it and all ran to it. $nd notwithstanding all this those eagles and ultures and ra ens and "ites still "ept tearing the sheep and swooping down upon the# and de ouring the#) still the
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sheep re#ained silent, but the ra#s la#ented and cried out. $nd those ra ens fought and battled with it and sought to la! low its horn, but the! had no power o er it. - .:*-:9. The last Assault of the 1entiles on the ?eCs 3Chere vv. :*-:, and :6:8 are dou&lets5.
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$nd I saw till the shepherds and eagles and those ultures and "ites ca#e, and the! cried to the ra ens that the! should brea" the horn of that ra#, and the! battled and fought with it, and it battled with the# and cried that its help #ight co#e.
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$ll the eagles and ultures and ra ens and "ites were gathered together, and there ca#e with the# all the sheep of the field, !ea, the! all ca#e together, and helped each other to brea" that horn of the ra#.

$nd I saw till a great sword was gi en to the sheep, and the sheep proceeded against all the beasts of the field to sla! the#, and all the beasts and the birds of the hea en fled before their face.
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$nd I saw till that #an, who wrote down the na#es of the shepherds .and/ carried up into the presence of the =ord of the sheep .ca#e and helped it and showed it e er!thing) he had co#e down for the help of that ra#/.

$nd I saw that #an, who wrote the boo" according to the co##and of the =ord, till he opened that boo" concerning the destruction which those twel e last shepherds had wrought, and showed that the! had destro!ed #uch #ore than their predecessors, before the =ord of the sheep.
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$nd I saw till the =ord of the sheep ca#e unto the# in wrath, and all who saw &i# fled, and the! all fell into &is shadow fro# before &is face.

$nd I saw till the =ord of the sheep ca#e unto the# and too" in &is hand the staff of &is wrath, and s#ote the earth, and the earth cla e asunder, and all the beasts and all the birds of the hea en fell fro# a#ong those sheep, and were swallowed up in the earth and it co ered the#.

- .);-)7. ?udgement of the Fallen Angels! the @hepherds! and the Apostates.
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$nd I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land, and the =ord of the sheep sat &i#self thereon, and the other too" the sealed boo"s and opened those boo"s before the =ord of the sheep.
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$nd the =ord called those #en the se en first white ones, and co##anded that the! should bring before &i#, beginning with the first star which led the wa!, all the stars whose pri ! #e#bers
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were li"e those of horses, and the! brought the# all before &i#. $nd &e said to that #an who wrote before &i#, being one of those se en white ones, and said unto hi#) <Ta"e those se ent! shepherds to who# I deli ered the sheep, and who ta"ing the# on their own authorit! slew #ore
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than I co##anded the#.< $nd behold the! were all bound, I saw, and the! all stood before &i#.
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$nd the 7udge#ent was held first o er the stars, and the! were 7udged and found guilt!, and went to the place of conde#nation, and the! were cast into an ab!ss, full of fire and fla#ing, and full
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of pillars of fire. $nd those se ent! shepherds were 7udged and found guilt!, and the! were cast
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into that fier! ab!ss. $nd I saw at that ti#e how a li"e ab!ss was opened in the #idst of the earth, full of fire, and the! brought those blinded sheep, and the! were all 7udged and found guilt! and
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cast into this fier! ab!ss, and the! burned@ now this ab!ss was to the right of that house. $nd I saw those sheep burning and their bones burning. - .)8-+). The 4eC ?erusalem! the onAersion of the surAiAing 1entiles! the Resurrection of the Righteous! the 0essiah. Enoch aCakes and Ceeps.
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$nd I stood up to see till the! folded up that old house@ and carried off all the pillars, and all the bea#s and orna#ents of the house were at the sa#e ti#e folded up with it, and the! carried
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it off and laid it in a place in the south of the land. $nd I saw till the =ord of the sheep brought a new house greater and loftier than that first, and set it up in the place of the first which had beer folded up) all its pillars were new, and its orna#ents were new and larger than those of the first, the old one which &e had ta"en awa!, and all the sheep were within it.
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$nd I saw all the sheep which had been left, and all the beasts on the earth, and all the birds of the hea en, falling down and doing ho#age to those sheep and #a"ing petition to and obe!ing
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the# in e er! thing. $nd thereafter those three who were clothed in white and had sei3ed #e b! #! hand .who had ta"en #e up before/, and the hand of that ra# also sei3ing hold of #e, the!
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too" #e up and set #e down in the #idst of those sheep before the 7udge#ent too" place. $nd those
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sheep were all white, and their wool was abundant and clean. $nd all that had been destro!ed and dispersed, and all the beasts of the field, and all the birds of the hea en, asse#bled in that house, and the =ord of the sheep re7oiced with great 7o! because the! were all good and had returned to
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&is house. $nd I saw till the! laid down that sword, which had been gi en to the sheep, and the! brought it bac" into the house, and it was sealed before the presence of the =ord, and all the sheep
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were in ited into that house, but it held the# not. $nd the e!es of the# all were opened, and the!
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saw the good, and there was not one a#ong the# that did not see. $nd I saw that that house was large and broad and er! full.
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$nd I saw that a white bull was born, with large horns and all the beasts of the field and all the
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birds of the air feared hi# and #ade petition to hi# all the ti#e. $nd I saw till all their generations were transfor#ed, and the! all beca#e white bulls@ and the first a#ong the# beca#e a la#b, and that la#b beca#e a great ani#al and had great blac" horns on its head@ and the =ord of the sheep
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re7oiced o er it and o er all the o5en. $nd I slept in their #idst) and I awo"e and saw e er!thing.
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This is the ision which I saw while I slept, and I awo"e and blessed the =ord of righteousness and
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ga e &i# glor!. Then I wept with a great weeping and #! tears sta!ed not till I could no longer endure it) when I saw, the! flowed on account of what I had seen@ for e er!thing shall co#e and
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be fulfilled, and all the deeds of #en in their order were shown to #e. 'n that night I re#e#bered the first drea#, and because of it I wept and was troubled-because I had seen that ision.

@ection %. - $- $% 3i.e. - $$! - $. :-:O! :8-:9! - $$$. :-:O! - $. :)-:7! - $%$%.5. A Book of E"hortation and Promised Blessing for the Righteous and of 0alediction and (oe for the @inners. - $$! - $.:-:;! :8-:9. Enoch>s Book of Admonition for his
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hildren.

The boo" written b! Enoch -.Enoch indeed wrote this co#plete doctrine of wisdo#, +which is, praised of all #en and a 7udge of all the earth/ for all #! children who shall dwell on the earth. $nd for the future generations who shall obser e uprightness and peace.
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=et not !our spirit be troubled on account of the ti#es@ Por the &ol! and %reat 'ne has appointed da!s for all things.
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$nd the righteous one shall arise fro# sleep, .Shall arise/ and wal" in the paths of righteousness, $nd all his path and con ersation shall be in eternal goodness and grace.
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&e will be gracious to the righteous and gi e hi# eternal uprightness, $nd &e will gi e hi# power so that he shall be +endowed, with goodness and righteousness. $nd he shall wal" in eternal light.
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$nd sin shall perish in dar"ness for e er, $nd shall no #ore be seen fro# that da! for e er#ore. - $.:-:;! :8-:9. Enoch>s Admonition to his
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hildren.

<$nd now, #! son -ethuselah, call to #e all th! brothers $nd gather together to #e all the sons of th! #other@ Por the word calls #e, $nd the spirit is poured out upon #e, That I #a! show !ou e er!thing That shall befall !ou for e er.<
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$nd thereupon -ethuselah went and su##oned to hi# all his brothers and asse#bled his relati es.
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$nd he spa"e unto all the children of righteousness and said)

<&ear, !e sons of Enoch, all the words of !our father, $nd hear"en aright to the oice of #! #outh@ Por I e5hort !ou and sa! unto !ou, belo ed)
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=o e uprightness and wal" therein. $nd draw not nigh to uprightness with a double heart, $nd associate not with those of a double heart, 9ut wal" in righteousness, #! sons. $nd it shall guide !ou on good paths, $nd righteousness shall be !our co#panion.
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Por I "now that iolence #ust increase on the earth, $nd a great chastise#ent be e5ecuted on the earth, $nd all unrighteousness co#e to an end) Oea, it shall be cut off fro# its roots, $nd its whole structure be destro!ed.
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$nd unrighteousness shall again be consu##ated on the earth, $nd all the deeds of unrighteousness and of iolence $nd transgression shall pre ail in a twofold degree.
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$nd when sin and unrighteousness and blasphe#! $nd iolence in all "inds of deeds increase, $nd apostas! and transgression and uncleanness increase, $ great chastise#ent shall co#e fro# hea en upon all these, $nd the hol! =ord will co#e forth with wrath and chastise#ent To e5ecute 7udge#ent on earth.
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In those da!s iolence shall be cut off fro# its roots, $nd the roots of unrighteousness together with deceit, $nd the! shall be destro!ed fro# under hea en.
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$nd all the idols of the heathen shall be abandoned, $nd the te#ples burned with fire, $nd the! shall re#o e the# fro# the whole earth, $nd the! +i.e. the heathen, shall be cast into the 7udge#ent of fire, $nd shall perish in wrath and in grie ous 7udge#ent for e er.
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$nd the righteous shall arise fro# their sleep, $nd wisdo# shall arise and be gi en unto the#.
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.$nd after that the roots of unrighteousness shall be cut off, and the sinners shall be destro!ed b! the sword ... shall be cut off fro# the blasphe#ers in e er! place, and those who plan iolence and those who co##it blasphe#! shall perish b! the sword./
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$nd now I tell !ou, #! sons, and show !ou The paths of righteousness and the paths of iolence.

Oea, I will show the# to !ou again That !e #a! "now what will co#e to pass.
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$nd now, hear"en unto #e, #! sons, $nd wal" in the paths of righteousness, $nd wal" not in the paths of iolence@ Por all who wal" in the paths of unrighteousness shall perish for e er.< - $$$! - $.:)-:7. The Apocalypse of (eeks.
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$nd after that Enoch both ga e and began to recount fro# the boo"s. $nd Enoch said) <Concerning the children of righteousness and concerning the elect of the world, $nd concerning the plant of uprightness, I will spea" these things, Oea, I Enoch will declare +the#, unto !ou, #! sons) $ccording to that which appeared to #e in the hea enl! ision, $nd which I ha e "nown through the word of the hol! angels, $nd ha e learnt fro# the hea enl! tablets.<
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$nd Enoch began to recount fro# the boo"s and said) <I was born the se enth in the first wee", 1hile 7udge#ent and righteousness still endured.
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$nd after #e there shall arise in the second wee" great wic"edness, $nd deceit shall ha e sprung up@ $nd in it there shall be the first end. $nd in it a #an shall be sa ed@ $nd after it is ended unrighteousness shall grow up, $nd a law shall be #ade for the sinners.
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$nd after that in the third wee" at its close $ #an shall be elected as the plant of righteous 7udge#ent, $nd his posterit! shall beco#e the plant of righteousness for e er#ore.
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$nd after that in the fourth wee", at its close, Visions of the hol! and righteous shall be seen, $nd a law for all generations and an enclosure shall be #ade for the#.
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$nd after that in the fifth wee", at its close, The house of glor! and do#inion shall be built for e er.
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$nd after that in the si5th wee" all who li e in it shall be blinded, $nd the hearts of all of the# shall godlessl! forsa"e wisdo#. $nd in it a #an shall ascend@ $nd at its close the house of do#inion shall be burnt with fire, $nd the whole race of the chosen root shall be dispersed.

$nd after that in the se enth wee" shall an apostate generation arise, $nd #an! shall be its deeds, $nd all its deeds shall be apostate.
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$nd at its close shall be elected The elect righteous of the eternal plant of righteousness, To recei e se enfold instruction concerning all &is creation.
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.Por who is there of all the children of #en that is able to hear the oice of the &ol! 'ne without being troubledQ $nd who can thin" &is thoughtsQ and who is there that can behold all the wor"s
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of hea enQ $nd how should there be one who could behold the hea en, and who is there that could understand the things of hea en and see a soul or a spirit and could tell thereof, or ascend and see
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all their ends and thin" the# or do li"e the#Q $nd who is there of all #en that could "now what is the breadth and the length of the earth, and to who# has been shown the #easure of all of the#Q
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'r is there an! one who could discern the length of the hea en and how great is its height, and upon what it is founded, and how great is the nu#ber of the stars, and where all the lu#inaries restQ/ - $.:)-:7. The 'ast Three (eeks.
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$nd after that there shall be another, the eighth wee", that of righteousness, $nd a sword shall be gi en to it that a righteous 7udge#ent #a! be e5ecuted on the oppressors, $nd sinners shall be deli ered into the hands of the righteous.
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$nd at its close the! shall ac2uire houses through their righteousness, $nd a house shall be built for the %reat Eing in glor! for e er#ore,
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$nd all #an"ind shall loo" to the path of uprightness.

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$nd after that, in the ninth wee", the righteous 7udge#ent shall be re ealed to the whole world,
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$nd all the wor"s of the godless shall anish fro# all the earth,
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$nd the world shall be written down for destruction.

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$nd after this, in the tenth wee" in the se enth part, There shall be the great eternal 7udge#ent, In which &e will e5ecute engeance a#ongst the angels.
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$nd the first hea en shall depart and pass awa!, $nd a new hea en shall appear, $nd all the powers of the hea ens shall gi e se enfold light.
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$nd after that there will be #an! wee"s without nu#ber for e er, $nd all shall be in goodness and righteousness, $nd sin shall no #ore be #entioned for e er. - $%.:-,. Admonitions to the Righteous.
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$nd now I sa! unto !ou, #! sons, lo e righteousness and wal" therein@ Por the paths of righteousness are worth! of acceptation, 9ut the paths of unrighteousness shall suddenl! be destro!ed and anish.
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$nd to certain #en of a generation shall the paths of iolence and of death be re ealed, $nd the! shall hold the#sel es afar fro# the#, $nd shall not follow the#.
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$nd now I sa! unto !ou the righteous) 1al" not in the paths of wic"edness, nor in the paths of death, $nd draw not nigh to the#, lest !e be destro!ed.
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9ut see" and choose for !oursel es righteousness and an elect life, $nd wal" in the paths of peace, $nd !e shall li e and prosper.
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$nd hold fast #! words in the thoughts of !our hearts, $nd suffer the# not to be effaced fro# !our hearts@ Por I "now that sinners will te#pt #en to e ill!-entreat wisdo#, So that no place #a! be found for her, $nd no #anner of te#ptation #a! di#inish. - $%.6-::. (oes for the @inners.
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1oe to those who build unrighteousness and oppression $nd la! deceit as a foundation@ Por the! shall be suddenl! o erthrown, $nd the! shall ha e no peace.
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1oe to those who build their houses with sin@ Por fro# all their foundations shall the! be o erthrown, $nd b! the sword shall the! fall. .$nd those who ac2uire gold and sil er in 7udge#ent suddenl! shall perish./
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1oe to !ou, !e rich, for !e ha e trusted in !our riches, $nd fro# !our riches shall !e depart, 9ecause !e ha e not re#e#bered the -ost &igh in the da!s of !our riches.
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Oe ha e co##itted blasphe#! and unrighteousness, $nd ha e beco#e read! for the da! of slaughter, $nd the da! of dar"ness and the da! of the great 7udge#ent.
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Thus I spea" and declare unto !ou) &e who hath created !ou will o erthrow !ou, $nd for !our fall there shall be no co#passion, $nd !our Creator will re7oice at !our destruction.
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$nd !our righteous ones in those da!s shall be $ reproach to the sinners and the godless. - %. Enoch>s 1rief# fresh (oes against the @inners.
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'h that #ine e!es were .a cloud of/ waters That I #ight weep o er !ou, $nd pour down #! tears as a cloud of waters) That so I #ight rest fro# #! trouble of heart;
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1ho has per#itted !ou to practice reproaches and wic"ednessQ $nd so 7udge#ent shall o erta"e !ou, sinners.
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Pear not the sinners, !e righteous@ Por again will the =ord deli er the# into !our hands, That !e #a! e5ecute 7udge#ent upon the# according to !our desires.
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1oe to !ou who ful#inate anathe#as which cannot be re ersed) &ealing shall therefore be far fro# !ou because of !our sins.
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1oe to !ou who re2uite !our neighbour with e il@ Por !e shall be re2uited according to !our wor"s.
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1oe to !ou, l!ing witnesses, $nd to those who weigh out in7ustice, Por suddenl! shall !e perish.
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1oe to !ou, sinners, for !e persecute the righteous@ Por !e shall be deli ered up and persecuted because of in7ustice, $nd hea ! shall its !o"e be upon !ou. - %$. 1rounds of Hopefulness for the Righteous# (oes for the (icked.
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9e hopeful, !e righteous@ for suddenl! shall the sinners perish before !ou, $nd !e shall ha e lordship o er the# according to !our desires.
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.$nd in the da! of the tribulation of the sinners, Oour children shall #ount and rise as eagles, $nd higher than the ultures will be !our nest, $nd !e shall ascend and enter the cre ices of the earth, $nd the clefts of the roc" for e er as cone!s before the unrighteous, $nd the sirens shall sigh because of !ou-and weep./
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1herefore fear not, !e that ha e suffered@ Por healing shall be !our portion, $nd a bright light shall enlighten !ou, $nd the oice of rest !e shall hear fro# hea en.
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1oe unto !ou, !e sinners, for !our riches #a"e !ou appear li"e the righteous, 9ut !our hearts con ict !ou of being sinners, $nd this fact shall be a testi#on! against !ou for a #e#orial of +!our, e il deeds.
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1oe to !ou who de our the finest of the wheat, $nd drin" wine in large bowls, $nd tread under foot the lowl! with !our #ight.
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1oe to !ou who drin" water fro# e er! fountain, Por suddenl! shall !e be consu#ed and wither awa!, 9ecause !e ha e forsa"en the fountain of life.
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1oe to !ou who wor" unrighteousness $nd deceit and blasphe#!) It shall be a #e#orial against !ou for e il.
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1oe to !ou, !e #ight!, 1ho with #ight oppress the righteous@ Por the da! of !our destruction is co#ing. In those da!s #an! and good da!s shall co#e to the righteous -in the da! of !our 7udge#ent. - %$$. The EAils in @tore for @inners and the Possessors of Bnrighteous (ealth.

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9elie e, !e righteous, that the sinners will beco#e a sha#e $nd perish in the da! of unrighteousness.
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9e it "nown unto !ou +!e sinners, that the -ost &igh is #indful of !our destruction, $nd the angels of hea en re7oice o er !our destruction.
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1hat will !e do, !e sinners, $nd whither will !e flee on that da! of 7udge#ent, 1hen !e hear the oice of the pra!er of the righteousQ
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Oea, !e shall fare li"e unto the#, $gainst who# this word shall be a testi#on!) LOe ha e been co#panions of sinners.L
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$nd in those da!s the pra!er of the righteous shall reach unto the =ord, $nd for !ou the da!s of !our 7udge#ent shall co#e.
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$nd all the words of !our unrighteousness shall be read out before the %reat &ol! 'ne, $nd !our faces shall be co ered with sha#e, $nd &e will re7ect e er! wor" which is grounded on unrighteousness.
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1oe to !ou, !e sinners, who li e on the #id ocean and on the dr! land, 1hose re#e#brance is e il against !ou.
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1oe to !ou who ac2uire sil er and gold in unrighteousness and sa!) L1e ha e beco#e rich with riches and ha e possessions@ $nd ha e ac2uired e er!thing we ha e desired.
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$nd now let us do what we purposed) Por we ha e gathered sil er,

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$nd our granaries are +bri#, full as with water,

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Oea and li"e water !our lies shall flow awa!@ Por !our riches shall not abide 9ut speedil! ascend fro# !ou@ Por !e ha e ac2uired it all in unrighteousness, $nd !e shall be gi en o er to a great curse. - %$$$. @elf-indulgence of @inners# @in originated &y 0an# all @in recorded in HeaAen# (oes for the @inners.
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$nd now I swear unto !ou, to the wise and to the foolish, Por !e shall ha e #anifold e5periences on the earth.
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Por !e #en shall put on #ore adorn#ents than a wo#an, $nd coloured gar#ents #ore than a irgin) In ro!alt! and in grandeur and in power, $nd in sil er and in gold and in purple, $nd in splendour and in food the! shall be poured out as water.
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Therefore the! shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdo#, $nd the! shall perish thereb! together with their possessions@ $nd with all their glor! and their splendour, $nd in sha#e and in slaughter and in great destitution, Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.
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I ha e sworn unto !ou, !e sinners, as a #ountain has not beco#e a sla e, $nd a hill does not beco#e the hand#aid of a wo#an, E en so sin has not been sent upon the earth, 9ut #an of hi#self has created it, $nd under a great curse shall the! fall who co##it it.
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$nd barrenness has not been gi en to the wo#an, 9ut on account of the deeds of her own hands she dies without children.
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I ha e sworn unto !ou, !e sinners, b! the &ol! %reat 'ne, That all !our e il deeds are re ealed in the hea ens, $nd that none of !our deeds of oppression are co ered and hidden.
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$nd do not thin" in !our spirit nor sa! in !our heart that !e do not "now and that !e do not see
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that e er! sin is e er! da! recorded in hea en in the presence of the -ost &igh. Pro# henceforth !e "now that all !our oppression wherewith !e oppress is written down e er! da! till the da! of !our 7udge#ent.
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1oe to !ou, !e fools, for through !our foll! shall !e perish) and !e transgress against the wise,
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and so good hap shall not be !our portion. $nd now, "now !e that !e are prepared for the da! of destruction) wherefore do not hope to li e, !e sinners, but !e shall depart and die@ for !e "now no ranso#@ for !e are prepared for the da! of the great 7udge#ent, for the da! of tribulation and great sha#e for !our spirits.
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1oe to !ou, !e obstinate of heart, who wor" wic"edness and eat blood) 1hence ha e !e good things to eat and to drin" and to be filledQ Pro# all the good things which the =ord the -ost &igh has placed in abundance on the earth@ therefore !e shall ha e no peace.

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1oe to !ou who lo e the deeds of unrighteousness) wherefore do !e hope for good hap unto !oursel esQ "now that !e shall be deli ered into the hands of the righteous, and the! shall cut
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off !our nec"s and sla! !ou, and ha e no #erc! upon !ou. 1oe to !ou who re7oice in the tribulation
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of the righteous@ for no gra e shall be dug for !ou. 1oe to !ou who set at nought the words of
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the righteous@ for !e shall ha e no hope of life. 1oe to !ou who write down l!ing and godless words@ for the! write down their lies that #en #a! hear the# and act godlessl! towards +their,
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neighbour. Therefore the! shall ha e no peace but die a sudden death. - $-. (oes pronounced on the 1odless! the 'aC&reakers# eAil Plight of @inners in The 'ast .ays# further (oes.
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1oe to !ou who wor" godlessness, $nd glor! in l!ing and e5tol the#) Oe shall perish, and no happ! life shall be !ours.
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1oe to the# who per ert the words of uprightness, $nd transgress the eternal law, $nd transfor# the#sel es into what the! were not .into sinners/) The! shall be trodden under foot upon the earth.
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In those da!s #a"e read!, !e righteous, to raise !our pra!ers as a #e#orial, $nd place the# as a testi#on! before the angels, That the! #a! place the sin of the sinners for a #e#orial before the -ost &igh.
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In those da!s the nations shall be stirred up, $nd the fa#ilies of the nations shall arise on the da! of destruction.
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$nd in those da!s the destitute shall go forth and carr! off their children, $nd the! shall abandon the#, so that their children shall perish through the#) Oea, the! shall abandon their children +that are still, suc"lings, and not return to the#, $nd shall ha e no pit! on their belo ed ones.
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$nd again I swear to !ou, !e sinners, that sin is prepared for a da! of unceasing bloodshed. $nd the! who worship stones, and gra e i#ages of gold and sil er and wood +and stone, and cla!, and those who worship i#pure spirits and de#ons, and all "inds of idols not according to "nowledge, shall get no #anner of help fro# the#.
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$nd the! shall beco#e godless b! reason of the foll! of their hearts, $nd their e!es shall be blinded through the fear of their hearts $nd through isions in their drea#s.
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Through these the! shall beco#e godless and fearful@ Por the! shall ha e wrought all their wor" in a lie, $nd shall ha e worshiped a stone) Therefore in an instant shall the! perish.
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9ut in those da!s blessed are all the! who accept the words of wisdo#, and understand the#, $nd obser e the paths of the -ost &igh, and wal" in the path of &is righteousness, $nd beco#e not godless with the godless@ Por the! shall be sa ed.
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1oe to !ou who spread e il to !our neighbours@ Por !ou shall be slain in Sheol.
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1oe to !ou who #a"e deceitful and false #easures, $nd +to the#, who cause bitterness on the earth@ Por the! shall thereb! be utterl! consu#ed.
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1oe to !ou who build !our houses through the grie ous toil of others, $nd all their building #aterials are the bric"s and stones of sin@ I tell !ou !e shall ha e no peace.
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1oe to the# who re7ect the #easure and eternal heritage of their fathers $nd whose souls follow after idols@ Por the! shall ha e no rest.
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1oe to the# who wor" unrighteousness and help oppression, $nd sla! their neighbours until the da! of the great 7udge#ent.
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Por &e shall cast down !our glor!, $nd bring affliction on !our hearts, $nd shall arouse &is fierce indignation $nd destro! !ou all with the sword@ $nd all the hol! and righteous shall re#e#ber !our sins. . The @inners destroy each other# ?udgement of the Fallen Angels# the @afety of the Righteous# further (oes for the @inners.
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$nd in those da!s in one place the fathers together with their sons shall be s#itten $nd brothers one with another shall fall in death Till the strea#s flow with their blood.

Por a #an shall not withhold his hand fro# sla!ing his sons and his sons< sons, $nd the sinner shall not withhold his hand fro# his honoured brother) Pro# dawn till sunset the! shall sla! one another.
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$nd the horse shall wal" up to the breast in the blood of sinners, $nd the chariot shall be sub#erged to its height.
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In those da!s the angels shall descend into the secret places $nd gather together into one place all those who brought down sin $nd the -ost &igh will arise on that da! of 7udge#ent To e5ecute great 7udge#ent a#ongst sinners.
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$nd o er all the righteous and hol! &e will appoint guardians fro# a#ongst the hol! angels To guard the# as the apple of an e!e, Kntil &e #a"es an end of all wic"edness and all sin, $nd though the righteous sleep a long sleep, the! ha e nought to fear.
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$nd +then, the children of the earth shall see the wise in securit!, $nd shall understand all the words of this boo", $nd recogni3e that their riches shall not be able to sa e the# In the o erthrow of their sins.
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1oe to !ou, Sinners, on the da! of strong anguish, Oe who afflict the righteous and burn the# with fire) Oe shall be re2uited according to !our wor"s.
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1oe to !ou, !e obstinate of heart, 1ho watch in order to de ise wic"edness) Therefore shall fear co#e upon !ou $nd there shall be none to help !ou.
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1oe to !ou, !e sinners, on account of the words of !our #outh, $nd on account of the deeds of !our hands which !our godlessness as wrought, In bla3ing fla#es burning worse than fire shall !e burn.
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$nd now, "now !e that fro# the angels &e will in2uire as to !our deeds in hea en, fro# the sun and fro# the #oon and fro# the stars in reference to !our sins because upon the earth !e e5ecute
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7udge#ent on the righteous. $nd &e will su##on to testif! against !ou e er! cloud and #ist and dew and rain@ for the! shall all be withheld because of !ou fro# descending upon !ou, and the!
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shall be #indful of !our sins. $nd now gi e presents to the rain that it be not withheld fro# descending upon !ou, nor !et the dew, when it has recei ed gold and sil er fro# !ou that it #a! descend.

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1hen the hoar-frost and snow with their chilliness, and all the snow-stor#s with all their plagues fall upon !ou, in those da!s !e shall not be able to stand before the#. $. E"hortation to the fear of 1od# all 4ature fears Him &ut not the @inners.
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'bser e the hea en, !e children of hea en, and e er! wor" of the -ost &igh, and fear !e &i#
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and wor" no e il in &is presence. If &e closes the windows of hea en, and withholds the rain and
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the dew fro# descending on the earth on !our account, what will !e do thenQ $nd if &e sends &is anger upon !ou because of !our deeds, !e cannot petition &i#@ for !e spa"e proud and insolent
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words against &is righteousness) therefore !e shall ha e no peace. $nd see !e not the sailors of the ships, how their ships are tossed to and fro b! the wa es, and are sha"en b! the winds, and are
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in sore troubleQ $nd therefore do the! fear because all their goodl! possessions go upon the sea with the#, and the! ha e e il forebodings of heart that the sea will swallow the# and the! will
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perish therein. $re not the entire sea and all its waters, and all its #o e#ents, the wor" of the -ost
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&igh, and has &e not set li#its to its doings, and confined it throughout b! the sandQ $nd at &is reproof it is afraid and dries up, and all its fish die and all that is in it@ 9ut !e sinners that are
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on the earth fear &i# not. &as &e not #ade the hea en and the earth, and all that is thereinQ 1ho has gi en understanding and wisdo# to e er!thing that #o es on the earth and in the sea.
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Go not the sailors of the ships fear the seaQ Oet sinners fear not the -ost &igh. $$. Terrors of the .ay of ?udgement# the adAerse Fortunes of the Righteous on the Earth.
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In those da!s when &e hath brought a grie ous fire upon !ou, 1hither will !e flee, and where will !e find deli eranceQ $nd when &e launches forth &is 1ord against !ou 1ill !ou not be affrighted and fearQ

$nd all the lu#inaries shall be affrighted with great fear, $nd all the earth shall be affrighted and tre#ble and be alar#ed.
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$nd all the angels shall e5ecute their co##ands $nd shall see" to hide the#sel es fro# the presence of the %reat %lor!, $nd the children of earth shall tre#ble and 2ua"e@ $nd !e sinners shall be cursed for e er, $nd !e shall ha e no peace.
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Pear !e not, !e souls of the righteous, $nd be hopeful !e that ha e died in righteousness.
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$nd grie e not if !our soul into Sheol has descended in grief, $nd that in !our life !our bod! fared not according to !our goodness, 9ut wait for the da! of the 7udge#ent of sinners $nd for the da! of cursing and chastise#ent.
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$nd !et when !e die the sinners spea" o er !ou) L$s we die, so die the righteous, $nd what benefit do the! reap for their deedsQ
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9ehold, e en as we, so do the! die in grief and dar"ness, $nd what ha e the! #ore than weQ Pro# henceforth we are e2ual.
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$nd what will the! recei e and what will the! see for e erQ 9ehold, the! too ha e died, $nd henceforth for e er shall the! see no light.L
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I tell !ou, !e sinners, !e are content to eat and drin", and rob and sin, and strip #en na"ed, and
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ac2uire wealth and see good da!s. &a e !e seen the righteous how their end falls out, that no #anner
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of iolence is found in the# till their deathQ L>e ertheless the! perished and beca#e as though the! had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation.L $$$. .ifferent .estinies of the Righteous and the @inners# fresh O&Gections of the @inners.
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>ow, therefore, I swear to !ou, the righteous, b! the glor! of the %reat and &onoured and
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-ight! 'ne in do#inion, and b! &is greatness I swear to !ou.

I "now a #!ster! $nd ha e read the hea enl! tablets, $nd ha e seen the hol! boo"s, $nd ha e found written therein and inscribed regarding the#)
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That all goodness and 7o! and glor! are prepared for the#, $nd written down for the spirits of those who ha e died in righteousness, $nd that #anifold good shall be gi en to !ou in reco#pense for !our labours, $nd that !our lot is abundantl! be!ond the lot of the li ing.
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$nd the spirits of !ou who ha e died in righteousness shall li e and re7oice, $nd their spirits shall not perish, nor their #e#orial fro# before the face of the %reat 'ne Knto all the generations of the world) wherefore no longer fear their contu#el!.
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1oe to !ou, !e sinners, when !e ha e died, If !e die in the wealth of !our sins, $nd those who are li"e !ou sa! regarding !ou) L9lessed are the sinners) the! ha e seen all their da!s.
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$nd how the! ha e died in prosperit! and in wealth, $nd ha e not seen tribulation or #urder in their life@ $nd the! ha e died in honour, $nd 7udge#ent has not been e5ecuted on the# during their life.L
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Enow !e, that their souls will be #ade to descend into Sheol $nd the! shall be wretched in their great tribulation.
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$nd into dar"ness and chains and a burning fla#e where there is grie ous 7udge#ent shall !our spirits enter@ $nd the great 7udge#ent shall be for all the generations of the world. 1oe to !ou, for !e shall ha e no peace.
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Sa! not in regard to the righteous and good who are in life) LIn our troubled da!s we ha e toiled laboriousl! and e5perienced e er! trouble, $nd #et with #uch e il and been consu#ed, $nd ha e beco#e few and our spirit s#all.
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$nd we ha e been destro!ed and ha e not found an! to help us e en with a word) 1e ha e been tortured .and destro!ed/, and not hoped to see life fro# da! to da!.
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1e hoped to be the head and ha e beco#e the tail) 1e ha e toiled laboriousl! and had no satisfaction in our toil@ $nd we ha e beco#e the food of the sinners and the unrighteous, $nd the! ha e laid their !o"e hea il! upon us.
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The! ha e had do#inion o er us that hated us and s#ote us@ $nd to those that hated us we ha e bowed our nec"s 9ut the! pitied us not.
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1e desired to get awa! fro# the# that we #ight escape and be at rest, 9ut found no place whereunto we should flee and be safe fro# the#.
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$nd are co#plained to the rulers in our tribulation, $nd cried out against those who de oured us, 9ut the! did not attend to our cries $nd would not hear"en to our oice.
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$nd the! helped those who robbed us and de oured us and those who #ade us few@ and the! concealed their oppression, and the! did not re#o e fro# us the !o"e of those that de oured us and dispersed us and #urdered us, and the! concealed their #urder, and re#e#bered not that the! had lifted up their hands against us. $%. Assurances giAen to the Righteous# Admonitions to @inners and the Falsifiers of the (ords of Bprightness.
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I swear unto !ou, that in hea en the angels re#e#ber !ou for good before the glor! of the %reat
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'ne) and !our na#es are written before the glor! of the %reat 'ne. 9e hopeful@ for aforeti#e !e were put to sha#e through ill and affliction@ but now !e shall shine as the lights of hea en,
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!e shall shine and !e shall be seen, and the portals of hea en shall be opened to !ou. $nd in !our cr!, cr! for 7udge#ent, and it shall appear to !ou@ for all !our tribulation shall be isited on the
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rulers, and on all who helped those who plundered !ou. 9e hopeful, and cast not awa! !our hope@
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for !e shall ha e great 7o! as the angels of hea en. 1hat shall !e be obliged to doQ Oe shall not ha e to hide on the da! of the great 7udge#ent and !e shall not be found as sinners, and the eternal
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7udge#ent shall be far fro# !ou for all the generations of the world. $nd now fear not, !e righteous, when !e see the sinners growing strong and prospering in their wa!s) be not co#panions with the#,
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but "eep afar fro# their iolence@ for !e shall beco#e co#panions of the hosts of hea en. $nd, although !e sinners sa!) L$ll our sins shall not be searched out and be written down,L ne ertheless

the! shall write down all !our sins e er! da!. $nd now I show unto !ou that light and dar"ness,
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da! and night, see all !our sins. 9e not godless in !our hearts, and lie not and alter not the words of uprightness, nor charge with l!ing the words of the &ol! %reat 'ne, nor ta"e account of !our
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idols@ for all !our l!ing and all !our godlessness issue not in righteousness but in great sin. $nd now I "now this #!ster!, that sinners will alter and per ert the words of righteousness in #an! wa!s, and will spea" wic"ed words, and lie, and practice great deceits, and write boo"s concerning
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their words. 9ut when the! write down truthfull! all #! words in their languages, and do not change or di#inish ought fro# #! words but write the# all down truthfull! -all that I first testified
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concerning the#. Then, I "now another #!ster!, that boo"s will be gi en to the righteous and the
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wise to beco#e a cause of 7o! and uprightness and #uch wisdo#. $nd to the# shall the boo"s be gi en, and the! shall belie e in the# and re7oice o er the#, and then shall all the righteous who ha e learnt there fro# all the paths of uprightness be reco#pensed.< %. 1od and the 0essiah to dCell Cith 0an.
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In those da!s the =ord bade +the#, to su##on and testif! to the children of earth concerning their wisdo#) Show +it, unto the#@ for !e are their guides, and a reco#pense o er the whole earth.
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Por I and -! son will be united with the# for e er in the paths of uprightness in their li es@ and !e shall ha e peace) re7oice, !e children of uprightness. $#en. Fragment of the Book of 4oah
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$nd after so#e da!s #! son -ethuselah too" a wife for his son =a#ech, and she beca#e
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pregnant b! hi# and bore a son. $nd his bod! was white as snow and red as the bloo#ing of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long loc"s were white as wool, and

his e!es beautiful. $nd when he opened his e!es, he lighted up the whole house li"e the sun, and the whole house
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was er! bright. $nd thereupon he arose in the hands of the #idwife, opened his #outh, and con ersed with the =ord of righteousness.
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fled, and ca#e to his father -ethuselah. $nd he said unto hi#) <I ha e begotten a strange son, di erse fro# and unli"e #an, and rese#bling the sons of the %od of hea en@ and his nature is different and he is not li"e us, and his e!es are as the ra!s of the sun, and his
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countenance is glorious. $nd it see#s to #e that he is not sprung fro# #e but fro# the angels, and I fear that in his da!s a wonder #a! be
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wrought on the earth. $nd now, #! father, I a# here to petition thee and i#plore thee that thou #a!est go to Enoch, our father, and learn fro# hi# the truth, for his dwellingplace is
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a#ongst the angels.< $nd when -ethuselah heard the words of his son, he ca#e to #e to the ends of the earth@ for he had heard that I was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his oice and I ca#e to hi#. $nd I said unto hi#) <9ehold, here a# I, #! son, wherefore hast
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thou co#e to #eQ< $nd he answered and said) <9ecause of a great cause of an5iet! ha e I co#e to thee, and because of a disturbing ision
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ha e I approached. $nd now, #! father, hear #e) unto =a#ech #! son there hath been born a son, the li"e of who# there is none, and his nature is not li"e #an<s nature, and the colour of his bod! is whiter than snow and redder than the bloo# of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his e!es are li"e the ra!s of the sun, and he opened his e!es and
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thereupon lighted up the whole house. $nd he arose in the hands of the #idwife, and opened
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his #outh and blessed the =ord of hea en. $nd his father =a#ech beca#e afraid and fled to #e, and did not belie e that he was sprung fro# hi#, but that he was in the li"eness of the angels of hea en@ and behold I ha e co#e to thee that thou #a!est #a"e "nown to #e the truth.<
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$nd I, Enoch, answered and said unto hi#) <The =ord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I ha e alread! seen in a ision, and #a"e "nown to thee that in the generation of #! father Aared so#e of the angels of hea en
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transgressed the word of the =ord. $nd behold the! co##it sin and transgress the law, and ha e united the#sel es with wo#en and co##it sin with the#, and ha e #arried so#e of the#,
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and ha e begot children b! the#. $nd the! shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punish#ent on the earth, and the
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earth shall be cleansed fro# all i#purit!. Oea, there shall co#e a great destruction o er the whole earth, and there shall be a deluge and
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a great destruction for one !ear. $nd this son who has been born unto !ou shall be left on the earth, and his three children shall be sa ed with hi#) when all #an"ind that are on the earth
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shall die .he and his sons shall be sa ed/. $nd now #a"e "nown to th! son =a#ech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his na#e >oah@ for he shall be left to !ou, and he and his sons shall be sa ed fro# the destruction, which shall co#e upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consu##ated on the earth in his da!s.
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$nd after that there shall be still #ore unrighteousness than that which was first consu##ated on the earth@ for I "now the #!steries of the hol! ones@ for &e, the =ord, has showed #e and infor#ed #e, and I ha e read +the#, in the hea enl! tablets.
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$nd I saw written on the# that generation upon generation shall transgress, till a generation of righteousness arises, and transgression is destro!ed and sin passes awa! fro# the earth, and all
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#anner of good co#es upon it. $nd now, #! son, go and #a"e "nown to th! son =a#ech that this
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son, which has been born, is in truth his son, and that +this, is no lie.< $nd when -ethuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch --for he had shown to hi# e er!thing in secret-- he returned and showed +the#, to hi# and called the na#e of that son >oah@ for he will co#fort the earth after all the destruction.
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$nother boo" which Enoch wrote for his son -ethuselah and for those who will co#e after hi#,
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and "eep the law in the last da!s. Oe who ha e done good shall wait for those da!s till an end is
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#ade of those who wor" e il@ and an end of the #ight of the transgressors. $nd wait !e indeed till sin has passed awa!, for their na#es shall be blotted out of the boo" of life and out of the hol! boo"s, and their seed shall be destro!ed for e er, and their spirits shall be slain, and the! shall cr! and #a"e la#entation in a place that is a chaotic wilderness, and in the fire shall the!
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burn@ for there is no earth there. $nd I saw there so#ething li"e an in isible cloud@ for b! reason of its depth I could not loo" o er, and I saw a fla#e of fire bla3ing brightl!, and things li"e shining
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#ountains circling and sweeping to and fro. $nd I as"ed one of the hol! angels who was with #e and said unto hi#) <1hat is this shining thingQ for it is not a hea en but onl! the fla#e of a bla3ing
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fire, and the oice of weeping and cr!ing and la#entation and strong pain.< $nd he said unto #e) <This place which thou seest-here are cast the spirits of sinners and blasphe#ers, and of those who wor" wic"edness, and of those who per ert e er!thing that the =ord hath spo"en through the #outh
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of the prophets -+e en, the things that shall be. Por so#e of the# are written and inscribed abo e in the hea en, in order that the angels #a! read the# and "now that which shall befall the sinners, and the spirits of the hu#ble, and of those who ha e afflicted their bodies, and been reco#pensed
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b! %od@ and of those who ha e been put to sha#e b! wic"ed #en) 1ho lo e %od and lo ed neither gold nor sil er nor an! of the good things which are in the world, but ga e o er their bodies to
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torture. 1ho, since the! ca#e into being, longed not after earthl! food, but regarded e er!thing as a passing breath, and li ed accordingl!, and the =ord tried the# #uch, and their spirits were
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found pure so that the! should bless &is na#e. $nd all the blessings destined for the# I ha e recounted in the boo"s. $nd he hath assigned the# their reco#pense, because the! ha e been found to be such as lo ed hea en #ore than their life in the world, and though the! were trodden under foot of wic"ed #en, and e5perienced abuse and re iling fro# the# and were put to sha#e,
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!et the! blessed -e. $nd now I will su##on the spirits of the good who belong to the generation of light, and I will transfor# those who were born in dar"ness, who in the flesh were not reco#pensed
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with such honour as their faithfulness deser ed. $nd I will bring forth in shining light those who
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ha e lo ed -! hol! na#e, and I will seat each on the throne of his honour. $nd the! shall be resplendent for ti#es without nu#ber@ for righteousness is the 7udge#ent of %od@ for to the faithful

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&e will gi e faithfulness in the habitation of upright paths. $nd the! shall see those who were
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born in dar"ness led into dar"ness, while the righteous shall be resplendent. $nd the sinners shall cr! aloud and see the# resplendent, and the! indeed will go where da!s and seasons are prescribed for the#.