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1 Enoch 6 1–8 — The Angels Bind Themselves by an Oath · A Tithe of Time Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to a tithe of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we continue our study of the book of Enoch with chapter 6, verses 1 through 8.
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  SPEAKER_00: The angels bind themselves by an oath.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reading from the R.
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  SPEAKER_00: H.
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  SPEAKER_00: Charles Translation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied, that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another, Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men, and beget us children.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Semjazah, who was their leader, said unto them, I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they all answered him and said, Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations, not to abandon this plan, but to do this thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then swear they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they were in all two hundred, who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these are the names of their leaders, Semiazaz, their leader, Arakiba, Ramael, Kokabiel, Tamiel, Ramiel, Danel, Ezekiel, Barakijal, Asael, Armaros, Baterel, Ananel, Zakiel, Samsapel, Saterel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel.
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  SPEAKER_00: These are their chiefs of tens.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's look closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: After the opening chapters describe judgment and the promise of peace, the account turns to a particular act of wrongdoing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Human beings have multiplied, daughters have been born, and the angels desire to take wives from among them and have children.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice how directly this book identifies the participants.
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  SPEAKER_00: It calls them the angels, the children of the heaven.
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  SPEAKER_00: Within Enoch's account, their identity is explicit.
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  SPEAKER_00: When we compare this passage with another book, we will need to distinguish what each text says rather than silently carry this description into it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The next detail is especially revealing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before they act, their leader calls the proposed deed a great sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: This scene does not present him as unaware that there will be consequences.
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  SPEAKER_00: His stated fear is that the others will fail to follow through and he will bear the penalty alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Their answer is a shared oath.
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  SPEAKER_00: They do not challenge his description of the deed as sinful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Instead, they bind themselves to carry out the plan together.
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  SPEAKER_00: The oath gives their agreement a solemn form, but the agreement remains directed towards something their own leader has identified as wrong.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a difference between acting together and acting rightly.
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  SPEAKER_00: In this scene, their shared commitment strengthens their resolve to proceed.
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  SPEAKER_00: The passage describes a deliberate agreement rather than an action taken without discussion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the account supplies a number, a time, and a place.
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  SPEAKER_00: 200, in the days of Jared, on the summit of Mount Hermon.
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  SPEAKER_00: It also connects the mountain's name with their oath.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the explanation this account gives.
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  SPEAKER_00: We should identify it as the book's explanation rather than treat the sentence alone as independent historical proof.
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  SPEAKER_00: Finally, the list of leaders ends with their chiefs of tens.
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  SPEAKER_00: The group is presented with leadership and organization.
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  SPEAKER_00: The wording gives us that structure, but it does not explain every leader's individual role or describe how each group operated.
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  SPEAKER_00: For now, the scene ends with their agreement and the naming of their leaders.
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  SPEAKER_00: The consequences have not yet unfolded.
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  SPEAKER_00: The next passage follows what happens when they carry out their plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: This concludes 1 Enoch 6, verses 1 through 8.
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  SPEAKER_00: The angels bind themselves by an oath.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, we'll continue with chapter 7 The Giants and the Cry of the Earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tithe your time.