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009 - Chapters 65-71 · Book of Enoch

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  Speaker 1: Section nine of the Book of Enoch, translated by Robert
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  Speaker 1: Henry Charles. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixty five Enoch foretells to Noah the deluge and
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  Speaker 1: his own preservation, Chapter sixty five. And in those days
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  Speaker 1: Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down, and
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  Speaker 1: its destruction was nigh. And he arose from thence and
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  Speaker 1: went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud
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  Speaker 1: to his grandfather Enoch. And Noah said, three times, with
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  Speaker 1: an embittered voice, hear me, hear me, hear me. And
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  Speaker 1: I said, unto him, tell me what it is that
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  Speaker 1: is falling out on the earth, that the earth is
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  Speaker 1: in such evil plight and shaken, lest perchance I shall
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  Speaker 1: perish with it. And thereupon there was a great commotion
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  Speaker 1: on the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven.
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  Speaker 1: And I fell on my face, and Enoch, my grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: came and stood by me, and said, unto me, why
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  Speaker 1: hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping.
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  Speaker 1: And a command has gone forth from the presence of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord concerning those who dwell on the earth, that
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  Speaker 1: their ruin is accomplished, because they have learnt all the
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  Speaker 1: secrets of the angels, and all the violence of the satans,
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  Speaker 1: and all their powers, the most secret ones, and all
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  Speaker 1: the power of those who practice sorcery, and the power
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  Speaker 1: of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images,
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  Speaker 1: for the whole earth, and how silver is produced from
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  Speaker 1: the dust of the earth, and how soft metal originates
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  Speaker 1: in the earth. For lead and tin are not produced
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  Speaker 1: from the earth, like the first. It is a fountain
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  Speaker 1: that produces them, and an angel stands therein, and that
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  Speaker 1: angel is pre eminent. And after that, my grandfather Enoch
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  Speaker 1: took hold of me by my hand and raised me
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  Speaker 1: up and said, unto me, go, for I have asked
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of spirits as touching this commotion on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and he said, unto me, because of their unrighteousness, their
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  Speaker 1: judgment has been determined upon and shall not be withheld
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  Speaker 1: by me forever. Because of the sorceries which they have
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  Speaker 1: searched out and learnt, the earth and those who dwell
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  Speaker 1: upon it shall be destroyed. And these they have no
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  Speaker 1: place of repentance forever, because they have shown them what
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  Speaker 1: was hidden, and they are the damned. But as for
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  Speaker 1: thee my son the Lord of Spirits knows that thou
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  Speaker 1: art pure and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets,
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  Speaker 1: and he has destined thy name to be among the holy,
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  Speaker 1: and will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and has destined thy righteous seed both for kingship and
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  Speaker 1: for great honors. And from thy seed shall precede a
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  Speaker 1: fountain of the righteous and holy without number forever Chapter
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  Speaker 1: sixty six. The angels of the waters bidden to hold
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  Speaker 1: them in check chapter sixty six. And after that he
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  Speaker 1: showed me the angels of Punishment, who were prepared to
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  Speaker 1: come and let loose all the powers of the waters
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  Speaker 1: which are beneath in the earth, in order to bring
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  Speaker 1: judgment and destruction on all who abide and dwell on
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  Speaker 1: the earth. And the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to
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  Speaker 1: the angels who were going forth, that they should not
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  Speaker 1: cause the waters to rise, but should hold them in check.
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  Speaker 1: For those angels were over the powers of the waters.
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  Speaker 1: And I went away from the presence of Enoch chapter
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  Speaker 1: sixty seven. God's promised to Noah places of punishment of
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  Speaker 1: the angels and of the kings chapter sixty seven. And
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  Speaker 1: in those days the word of God came unto me,
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  Speaker 1: and he said, unto me, Noah, thy lot hast come
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  Speaker 1: up before me, a lot without blame, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: love and uprightness. And now the angels are making a
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  Speaker 1: wooden building. And when they have completed the task, I
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  Speaker 1: will place my hand upon it and preserve it. And
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  Speaker 1: there shall come forth from it the seed of life,
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  Speaker 1: and a change shall set in, so that the earth
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  Speaker 1: will not remain without inhabitant. And I will make fast
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  Speaker 1: thy seed before me forever and ev and I will
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  Speaker 1: spread abroad those who dwell with thee. It shall not
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  Speaker 1: be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it
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  Speaker 1: shall be blessed and multipliant the earth in the name
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. And he will imprison those angels who
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  Speaker 1: have shown unrighteousness. In that burning valley which my grandfather
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  Speaker 1: inok had formerly shown to me in the west, among
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  Speaker 1: the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft
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  Speaker 1: metal and tin, and I saw that valley in which
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  Speaker 1: there was a great convulsion and a convulsion of the waters.
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  Speaker 1: And when all this took place, from that fiery molten metal,
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  Speaker 1: and from the convulsion thereof in that place there was
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  Speaker 1: produced a smell of sulfur, and it was connected with
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  Speaker 1: those waters, and that the valley of the angels who
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  Speaker 1: had led astray mankind burned beneath that land, and through
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  Speaker 1: its valleys precede streams of fire, where these angels are
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  Speaker 1: punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the earth.
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  Speaker 1: But those waters shall in those days serve for the
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  Speaker 1: kings and the Mighty and the exalted, and those who
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  Speaker 1: dwell on the earth, for the healing of the body,
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  Speaker 1: but for the punishment of the spirit. Now their spirit
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  Speaker 1: is full of lust, that they may be punished in
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  Speaker 1: their body. For they have denied the Lord of spirits,
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  Speaker 1: and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in
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  Speaker 1: his name, and in proportion. As the burning of their
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  Speaker 1: bodies becomes severe, a corresponding change shall take place in
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  Speaker 1: their spirit forever and ever. For before the Lord of Spirits,
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  Speaker 1: none shall utter an idle word, for the judgment shall
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  Speaker 1: come upon them because they believe in the lust of
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  Speaker 1: their body and deny the spirit of the Lord. And
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  Speaker 1: those same waters will undergo a change in those days,
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  Speaker 1: For when those angels are punished in these waters, these
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  Speaker 1: water springs shall change their temperature. And when the angels ascend,
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  Speaker 1: this water of the springs shall change and become cold.
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  Speaker 1: And I heard Michael answering and saying, this judgment wherewith
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  Speaker 1: the angels are judged, is the testimony for the kings
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  Speaker 1: and the mighty who possess the earth. Because these waters
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  Speaker 1: of judgment minister to the healing of the body of
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  Speaker 1: the kings and the lust of their body. Therefore they
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  Speaker 1: will not see and will not believe that those waters
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  Speaker 1: will change and become a fire which burns forever. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: sixty eight. Michael and Raphael astonished at the severity of
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  Speaker 1: the judgment Chapter sixty eight. And after that, my grandfather
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  Speaker 1: Enoch gave me the teaching of all the secrets in
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  Speaker 1: the book in the Parables, which had been given to him,
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  Speaker 1: and he put them together for me in the words
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  Speaker 1: of the Book of the Parables. And on that day
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  Speaker 1: Michael answered Raphael and said, the power of the spirit
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  Speaker 1: transports and makes me to tremble because of the severity
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  Speaker 1: of the judgment of the secrets and the judgment of
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  Speaker 1: the angels. Who can endure the severe judgment which has
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  Speaker 1: been executed and before which they melt away. And Michael
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  Speaker 1: answered again and said to Raphael, who is he whose
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  Speaker 1: heart is not softened concerning it, and whose reigns are
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  Speaker 1: not troubled by this word of judgment that has gone
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  Speaker 1: forth upon them because of those who have thus led
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  Speaker 1: them out. And it came to pass when he stood
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  Speaker 1: before the Lord of Spirits, Michael said thus to Raphael,
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  Speaker 1: I will not take their part under the eye of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, for the Lord of Spirits has been angry
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  Speaker 1: with them, because they do as if they were the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore all that is hidden shall come upon them forever endeavor,
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  Speaker 1: for neither angel nor man shall have his portion in it,
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  Speaker 1: but alone. They have received their judgment forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixty nine. The Names and Functions of the Fallen
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  Speaker 1: Angels and Satan's the Secret Oath, Chapter sixty nine. And
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  Speaker 1: after this judgment they shall terrify and make them to tremble,
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  Speaker 1: because they have shown this to those who dwell on
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  Speaker 1: the earth. And behold the names of those angels, and
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  Speaker 1: these are their names. The first of them is Somejaza,
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  Speaker 1: the second Artaquifa, and the third Armen, the fourth Colcobel,
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  Speaker 1: the fifth Turiel, the sixth Rumjal, the seventh Danjal, the
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  Speaker 1: eighth Nikuel, the ninth Barqual, the tenth Asazel, the eleventh
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  Speaker 1: are Marros, the twelfth Batarizhal, the thirteenth Bisassijal, the fourteenth Hananal,
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  Speaker 1: the fifteenth Turrel, and the sixteenth Zamabasiol, the seventeenth Jetrel,
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  Speaker 1: the eighteenth to Mail, the nineteenth Turrel, the twentieth Rummael,
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  Speaker 1: the twenty first Asazel. And these are the chiefs of
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  Speaker 1: their angels, and their names, and their chief ones over
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  Speaker 1: hundreds and over fifties and over tens. The name of
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  Speaker 1: the first Jequan, that is the one who led astray
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  Speaker 1: all the sons of God and brought them down to
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  Speaker 1: the earth, and led them astray through the daughters of men.
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  Speaker 1: And the second was named Aspiel. He imported to the
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  Speaker 1: holy sons of God evil council and led them astray,
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  Speaker 1: so that they deviled their bodies with the daughters of men.
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  Speaker 1: And the third was named Gadriel. He it is who
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  Speaker 1: showed the children of men all the blows of death,
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  Speaker 1: and he led astray Eve and showed the weapons of
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  Speaker 1: death to the sons of men, the shield and the
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  Speaker 1: coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all
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  Speaker 1: the weapons of death to the children of men, And
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  Speaker 1: from his hand they have proceeded against those who dwell
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  Speaker 1: on the earth from that day and forevermore. And the
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  Speaker 1: fourth was named Penemule. He taught the children of men
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  Speaker 1: the bitter and the sweet, and he taught them all
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  Speaker 1: the secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed mankind in
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  Speaker 1: writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from
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  Speaker 1: eternity to eternity and until this day. For men were
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  Speaker 1: not created for such a purpose to give confirmation to
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  Speaker 1: their good faith with pen and ink. For men were
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  Speaker 1: created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they
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  Speaker 1: should continue pure and righteous. And death, which destroys everything,
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  Speaker 1: could not have taken hold of them. But through this
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  Speaker 1: their knowledge, they are perishing. And through this power it
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  Speaker 1: is consuming me. And the fifth was named Castejah. This
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  Speaker 1: is he who showed the children of men all the
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  Speaker 1: wicked smitings of spirits and demons, and the smitings of
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  Speaker 1: the embryo in the womb that it may pass away,
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  Speaker 1: and the smitings of the soul, the bites of the serpent,
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  Speaker 1: and the smitings which befall through the noontide heat. The
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  Speaker 1: son of the serpent named taba Ete. And this is
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  Speaker 1: the task of Caspil, the chief of the oath, which
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  Speaker 1: he showed to the Holy Ones when he dwelt high
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  Speaker 1: above in glory, and its name is Biqua. This angel
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  Speaker 1: requested Michael to show him the hidden name, that he
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  Speaker 1: might enunciate it in the oath, so that those might
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  Speaker 1: quake before that name and oath, who revealed all that
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  Speaker 1: was in secret to the children of men. And this
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  Speaker 1: is the power of this oath, for it is powerful
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  Speaker 1: and strong. And he placed this oath a kay in
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  Speaker 1: the hand of Michael. And these are the secrets of
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  Speaker 1: this oath, and they are strong through his oath. And
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  Speaker 1: the heaven was suspended before the world was created and forever,
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  Speaker 1: and through it the earth was founded upon the water,
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  Speaker 1: and from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful
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  Speaker 1: waters from the creation of the world and unto eternity.
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  Speaker 1: And through that oath the sea was created, and as
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  Speaker 1: its foundation he set for it the sand against the
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  Speaker 1: time of its anger, and it dare not pass beyond
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  Speaker 1: it from the creation of the world unto eternity. And
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  Speaker 1: through that oath are the depths made fast and abide
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  Speaker 1: and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity.
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  Speaker 1: And through that oath the Sun and Moon complete their course,
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  Speaker 1: and deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
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  Speaker 1: And through that oath the stars complete their course. And
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  Speaker 1: he calls them by their names, and they answer him
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  Speaker 1: from eternity to eternity. And in like manner, the spirits
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  Speaker 1: of the water and of the winds, and of all zens,
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  Speaker 1: and their paths from all the quarters of the winds,
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  Speaker 1: and there are preserved the voices of the thunder and
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  Speaker 1: the light of the lightnings. And there are preserved the
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  Speaker 1: chambers of the hail, and the chambers of the hoarfrost,
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  Speaker 1: and the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of
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  Speaker 1: the rain and the dew. And all these believe and
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  Speaker 1: give thanks before the Lord of spirits, and glorify him
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  Speaker 1: with all their power. And their food is in every
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  Speaker 1: act of thanksgiving. And they thank and glorify and extol
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  Speaker 1: the name of the Lord of spirits forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: And this oath is mighty over them, and through it
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  Speaker 1: they are preserved, and their paths are preserved, and their
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  Speaker 1: course is not destroyed. Close of the third parable, and
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  Speaker 1: there was great joy amongst them, and they blessed and
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  Speaker 1: glorified and extolled, because the name of that Son of
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  Speaker 1: Man had been revealed unto them, and he sat on
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  Speaker 1: the throne of his glory, and the sum of judgment
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  Speaker 1: was given unto the son of Man, and he caused
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  Speaker 1: the sinners to pass away and be destroy from off
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  Speaker 1: the face of the earth. And those who have led
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  Speaker 1: the world astray with chains, shall they be bound, and
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  Speaker 1: in their assemblaged place of destruction, shall they be imprisoned,
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  Speaker 1: and all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
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  Speaker 1: And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible, For that
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  Speaker 1: Son of Man has appeared and has seated himself on
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  Speaker 1: the throne of his glory, and all evil shall pass
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  Speaker 1: away from before his face. And the word of that
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  Speaker 1: son of Man shall go forth and be strong before
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of spirits. This is the third parable of
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  Speaker 1: Enoch chapter seventy, the final translation of Enoch chapter seventy.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass after this that his name,
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  Speaker 1: during his lifetime, was raised aloft to that son of
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  Speaker 1: Man and to the Lord of Spirits, from amongst those
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  Speaker 1: who dwell on the earth. And he was raised aloft
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  Speaker 1: on the chariots of the spirit, and his name vanished
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  Speaker 1: among them, and from that day I was no longer
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  Speaker 1: numbered amongst them. And he set me between the two winds,
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  Speaker 1: between the north and the west, where the Aneil took
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  Speaker 1: the chords to measure for me the place for the
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  Speaker 1: elect and righteous. And there I saw the first Fathers
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  Speaker 1: and the righteous, who from the beginning dwell in that
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  Speaker 1: place Chapter seventy one. Two earlier versions of Enoch Chapter
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  Speaker 1: seventy one. And it came to pass after this that
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  Speaker 1: my spirit was translated, and it ascended into the heavens,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw the holy sons of God. They were
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  Speaker 1: stepping on flames of fire. Their garments were white, and
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  Speaker 1: their raiment and their faces shone like snow. And I
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  Speaker 1: saw two streams of fire, and the light of that
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  Speaker 1: fire shone like Hyacinth. And I fell on my face
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  Speaker 1: before the Lord of spirits, and the angel Michael, one
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  Speaker 1: of the archangels, seized me by my right hand, and
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  Speaker 1: he lifted me up and led me forth into all
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  Speaker 1: the secrets, and he showed me all the secrets of righteousness.
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  Speaker 1: And he showed me all the secrets of the ends
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  Speaker 1: of the heaven, and all the chambers of all the
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  Speaker 1: stars and all the luminaries. Whence they proceeded before the
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  Speaker 1: of the holy ones. And he translated my spirit into
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  Speaker 1: the heaven of heavens. And I saw there as it
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  Speaker 1: were a structure built of crystals, and between those crystals
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  Speaker 1: tongues of living fire. And my spirit saw the girdle
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  Speaker 1: which girt that house of fire, and on its four
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  Speaker 1: sides were streams full of living fire. And they girt
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  Speaker 1: that house, and round about were Seraphin Cherubic and Ofannin.
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  Speaker 1: And these are they who sleep not and guard the
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  Speaker 1: throne of his glory. And I saw angels who could
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  Speaker 1: not be counted, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times
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  Speaker 1: ten thousand encircling that house. And Michael and Rafael, and
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  Speaker 1: Gabriel and Fanoel, and the holy angels who are above
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  Speaker 1: the heavens go in and out of that house. And
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  Speaker 1: they came forth from that house, and Michael and Gabriel,
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  Speaker 1: Rafael and Fanoal, and many holy angels without number, and
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  Speaker 1: with them the Head of Days, his head white and
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  Speaker 1: pure as wool, and his raiment indescribable. And I fell
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  Speaker 1: on my face, and my whole body became relaxed, and
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  Speaker 1: my spirit was transfigured. And I cried with a loud
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  Speaker 1: voice with the spirit of power, and blessed and glorified
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  Speaker 1: and extolled. And these blessings which went forth out of
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  Speaker 1: my mouth were well pleasing before that Head of Days.
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  Speaker 1: And that Head of Days came with Michael and Gabriel,
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  Speaker 1: Raphael and Fanouel, thousands and ten thousands of angels without
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  Speaker 1: number lost passage wherein the Son of Man was described
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  Speaker 1: as accompanying the Head of Days. And Enoch asked one
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  Speaker 1: of the angels, as in forty six three, concerning the
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  Speaker 1: Son of Man as to who he was, and he
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  Speaker 1: in other words, the angel came to me and greeted
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  Speaker 1: me with his voice, and said, unto me, this is
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  Speaker 1: the son of Man, who is born unto righteousness, and
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  Speaker 1: righteousness abides over him, and the righteousness of the Head
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  Speaker 1: of Days, for sikes him not. And he said, unto me,
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  Speaker 1: he proclaims unto THEE peace in the name of the
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  Speaker 1: world to come. For from hence has preceded peace since
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  Speaker 1: the creation of the world. And so shall it be
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  Speaker 1: unto THEE forever and forever and ever, and all shall
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  Speaker 1: walk in His ways, Since righteousness never forsaketh him. With
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  Speaker 1: him will be their dwelling places, and with him their heritage.
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  Speaker 1: And they shall not be separated from him, forever and
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  Speaker 1: ever and ever. And so there shall be length of
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  Speaker 1: days with that son of man, and the righteous shall
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  Speaker 1: have peace and an upright way in the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirits, forever and ever and of Section
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  Speaker 1: nine read by C. J. Plogue