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shorter rising larger of heaven, the and 3 than than And heaven 12 setting all and day first the when wane till there change rest, thhe she and and goes thirtieth every is go it illumined forth down. is that month: morning, the that And great throughout, 3 makes and the luminary, and fourth her its days course her night "uarter, named are light amounts through like is named the accomplished the days un, the exactly the entire and north, ofthat the his to full ten is sun, circumference divided parts in.1 and the and when into is come to 30 days: and the 12 moon falls behind the sun and stars to number of days. And 7 months. +et the thy rain 10 heart And shall be these strong, be kept are 6or the back names the And good the of shall those heaven announce who shall lead withhold them, who #it$. watch 3 And inworld. those they enter at the like day light her And three heaven. to the the parts: eight 5 And sun is circumference uniform the 23 and on first parts. the #i.e. first of stars And them full$ 13 of bring the the day is it sun for heaven, amounts in she the all rises isthe dwelling called and from to years the he the that seventh is exactly, of new "uite third men: moon, filled portal part so and that of the for with and the they second on sets illuminating light that do in not of contains day the the advance the third sun. and light seas portal 4 heating or And rises of delay water, in thus the times righteousness their times, the fruits in to their of the the orders, good; earth in shall their be seasons, backward, in their And months, shall not in grow their in periods their time, of dominion, And and fire. west she and upon rises. the The and her. abysses chariot returns And he becomes her and on to first the which forests phase east, full he and moon and in ascends, rivers, the for exactly east thirty the and comes on mornings wind darkness the forth drives, dayfour rises and on when and the clouds; 24 the thirtieth the in sun sun the and sets second goes morning: the in third down the portal west, part and from in on contains and the the that east, from day their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with perfect 2ustice in ./0 Chapter 76 the in their fruits positions. of the trees Their shall four be leaders withheld who in divide their time. the 4 And parts of moon the year shall enter alter first; her and after The righteous with the righteous shall re2oice, heaven andeast she days. the garden becomes in 13 like and she !n of manner 3 returns rises visible, years righteousness. at sets there through night, and in are constitutes and the the 4 3,1-4 second the ! north saw moon days, seven for in portal order you shines and high in the in to the the 5 mountains, first reach years west whole phase of 3,541 night the east, of higher days, heaven. the and through moon than so isfor so And that all till on guided the in on the 5that mountains thirtieth sun years that day rises he there the day comes over order, them the And twelve not appear leaders at of her the time. orders 5 And who in divide those days the months; the sun 11 shall and be seen the and three he hundred And shall offer congratulation to alone one another. to night together which against the amounts appropriate are her with on and the the to the earth: eleven sun #lit. moon in that and the 25 is $ parts thence portal seen portal over and where and 5 comes the against 6 shines the day forth sun to the in seven rises. hoar'frost, sun. the face parts. 14 5in And )n of And and the the days, side heaven. one the sun whence half seasons, rises !n of this her the on and way goes that light years he day forth of rises the pass by are 4,-34 days. 14 6or the moon the days amount 3 years to 3,1/4 days, and in 5 shall and sixty 2ourney #days$ in the there evening are heads on over extremity thousands of who the great divide chariot the days; in the and west for And the four shall 1 And at the ends of the earth ! the saw twelve portals open to all the "uarters #of the heaven$, in from a years away. moon seventh the that she first comes ! saw second falls part, month seven forth, 50 and portal in days rivers her there the behind:i.e. whole and great again on sets the portal, circumference she earth in to the wanes which the larger west sum till 7 in than is all #of is the empty, the the 3,771$ all second fourth the light without rivers: there vanishes portal, %those is one light, 5 and six to and of be portals with returns them all added the coming in to exception days #3,111 the the cast&. of east from and$ the into of And the 62 8 ;ut2 the sinners shall die with the sinners, shine intercalary more days brightly there than are accords the leaders with which the order sunder of light. 12 the 6Three four Andparts many of chiefs the year. of the And these from which the winds go forth and blow over the earth. of them are open on the face in the one'seventh west month that first pours fourth are portal at its part an portal waters for end, of one'and'thirty it, from and into #and$ her which the the circumference 9reat 6 the 26 fourteenth sun mornings, ea. rises 6 And is part in empty, and these the of sets first her two void in light. month come the of 15 And first are from light. portal when twelve the And she north in window'openings, three the receives to west months the of sea one' the and she days. 15 And in 5 years there are 3,771 days, so that for the moon the days / in 8 years And the apostate go down with the apostate. stars shall heads overtransgress thousandsthe areorder intercalated #prescribed$. between And 13 these leader shall andalter leader, their each orbits behind and a station, but from heaven. seventh amount pour makes their which of to part And thirty waters 43,5.4 proceed of on the days, that into days. half a day and the flame of 16 the :rythraean at her 6or her night when light, in time 8 becomes they years her she ea are light makes in she opened longer the 7 falls amounts 7 three east. behind and in months 8 And amounts their to to one'seventh the the season. of remaining, to amount twenty' the (hen double part of nine four 80 the and days of days, sun come the the each, rises half all day: forth the in and 17 the on tasks, their leaders And not make appear the at division. the seasons And prescribed these are the to names them. 7 of And the leaders the whole who order divide of the the four #i.e. the east$ of the heavens, and three in the west, and three on the right #i.e. the south$ of the 9 And those who practice righteousness shall die on account of the deeds of men, heaven, thereof. the which night side she he of And amounts accomplishes the comes she north sets forth exactly to with their through her to the own waning twelve sun, that sea, and parts fourth in two the when and of first portal them the 27 period sun the thirty, to day the rises of 9 :rythraean to time, the mornings six. moon and And in rises in the the ea, succession, sun and first with has two 16 him #therewith$ portal into and the sets for days she falls behind in 8 years are 80 . And the year is accurately completed in conformity stars parts shall of taken the be year which are from ordained: the sinners, ,ilkiel, And 8elemmelek, the thoughts and those ,ele2al, the 14 earth and shall And heaven, and 3concealed three on account the left #i.e. the north$. And the threeof first areon those of theAarel. east, and And be away on of the doings of the godless. accurately traversed receives with 9reat one hundred their ea the the world'stations and inhalf and divisions the discharge of fourth seventy'seven one of portal part themselves and his of orbit the in light, days. the stations and west thereand and And turns in of of in that the the again the some sun, heaven. night time on say: which those in of 8 the And her into rise divisions beginning going during the from desert. out this the of of she his portals period her appears even orbit, morning the through great and for day enters islands in three the err the concerning names of those them, who And lead they them: shall Adnarel, be altered and from !2asusael, all their and ways, :lomeel' =ea, these shall three err follow three are of the 4 north, and threeafter those on the left of the south, and they three of the west. becomes that commencement ! months saw portal in #of$ the daily thirty sea thirty longer and of mornings days the in and the lunar each, the mainland: and day and night sets the for also nightly moon two three in in the months sets shorter the west with mainland she to 28 the the appears opposite sun, thirtieth and and five #of$ to 8 10 in it. is twenty'nine morning. the And invisible 9reat on that that )n each. ea. night that night At day has with the the which it #the sun$ rises and sets 30 days. 10 And those they ceased to speak tothat me, and ! came to my people, blessing the which and the leaders takein them of of the todays be orders, gods. 15 8 And and there evil shall is one be multiplied follows upon the three them, leaders And punishment of the orders Through four these come winds of blessing and prosperity, and from those eight come day the night fourteen is decreased she longer appears parts than in like and the length night the a man by half by a for of ninth a twenty ninth one part, of part, days them. and and each the And the night time, she day 29 rises amounts and has by on become day that exactly she day eleven appears with to ten exactly parts parts like and the and a the the +ord ofthose the upon world. shall follow come leaders them of stations o are as to destroy that divide all. the four parts of !n the beginning of the hurtful winds: when they sent, they bring destruction onthe all year. the earth and on the water night day seven seventh heaven, to part, eight and parts. there and parts. And comes is And nothing theforth the sunsun else has and rises in returned recedes her from save and from that her entered fourth the light. rising into portal, of the the and second sun, sets and in portal the in her fourth in the remaining east, and and year ,elke2al rises first and rules, who is named Tamaini and sun, and 16 all the days of his upon it,to and on all who dwell thereon, and on everything which is init the water and on the returns days she on becomes the those fifth his bright portal divisions in of the of #remaining$ east his orbit thirty for mornings, thirteen thirty mornings, parts. and rises rising from 30 and and sets setting. in the And fifth on 12 Chapter 82 dominion whilst he bears rule ninety'one days. And these are the of the days which land. 5 And And the first wind from those portals, called the east wind, comes forth through the portal. that day the then night the decreases day becomes in are length, longer and by the two night parts amounts and amounts to ten parts tosigns eleven 31 and parts, the and day the to are to be seen earth in the days of his sweat, and heat, and calms; and enters all first portal which is in the east, inclining towards the south: from it come forth desolation, night eight. 13 And becomes on on that shorter day the and sun amounts rises from todominion: that seven portal, parts. and And sets it returns in the west, to the and east returns and tothe the into 1 And now, my son ,ethuselah, all these things ! am recounting to thee and writing down trees bear fruit, and leaves are produced on sixth all the the trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the is of Chapter 75 drought, heat, 6 and destruction. And through second portal in the middle comes what the east, sixth and 14 rises portal, in the and third rises portal and for sets one'and'thirty in the portal mornings, one'and'thirty and sets in mornings the west on of account the for thee@ and !and have revealed torain thee everything, and given thee 17 books concerning all these: rose'flowers, thethe flowers which come forth in the field, but the trees of the winter fitting, from itall there come and fruitfulness and prosperity and dew; and through the its heaven. sign.and 32 )n)n that that day day the day night becomes decreases longer and than amounts the night, to nine and the parts, day and becomes the day double to nine the so preserve, my son ,ethuselah, the books from thy fathers hand, and #see$ that thou deliver Chapter 78 season become withered. And these are the names of the leaders which are under them: third portal which lies toward the north come cold and drought. 7 And after these come forth 1 And the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed over the whole creation and night, parts, and and the the night day 15 33 becomes is e"ual twelve to the day parts, and and thethe year night is exactly is shortened as to its and days becomes three hundred six parts. them to the the generations of the world. Chapter 79 74 ;erkael, Belebsel, and who is added aof head of thousand, called 8ilu2aseph: and the over all stars, have also to do with the four intercalary days, being inseparable from their the winds through three portals: through the first portal of 8 shortness them inclining to the east And andsouth sixty'four. the sun mounts And the upanother to length make of the the day day shorter and and the night, thea night andlonger, the and theof sun the returns day and to of office, according to the reckoning of the year, and these render service on the four days which days offorth the dominion of this #leader$ are at an end. 18 The leader after him is 1,2 And the names of the sun are the following: the first )r2ares, and the second Tomas. And comes a hot wind. And through the middle portal next to it there 9 come forth fragrant the east night and arise'through enters into the course 16 sixth 34 portal, of the and sun rises these from distinctions itnext and sets arethirty made mornings. #lit. they are And 2 ! have given (isdom to thee and to thy children, And are not reckoned inrain, the reckoning ofher, the year. And owing to by them men go wrong therein, for Chapter the moon has four names: the first name is Ason2a, the second :bla, the third ;enase, and the 8elemmelek, !2 saw another whom course, one names a law the for shining #and$ sun, how and all according days to 19 that of his law light she performs are ninety'one 1 And now, my son, ! have shown thee everything, and the law of all the stars of the heaven smells, and dew and and prosperity and health. And through the third portal lying toher the when separated thirty $.81 mornings o it comes are that accomplished, its course becomes 17 the day 35 daily decreases longer, and exactly its course one part, nightly and shorter. thy children that shall be to thee, That they may give it those luminaries truly render service on the world'stations, one in the first portal, one in the fourth 3 :rae. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the monthly 2 revolution. And all these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of them all,showed days. And these are the signs of #his$ days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness, and the is 2 completed. And he showed me all the laws of these for every day, for every season west come forth dew and rain, locusts and desolation. 10 And after these the north winds: becomes And this is eleven the law parts, and and the the course night of seven. the sun, And and the his sun return goes as forth often from as and he that returns sixth sixty portal times in the to their children for generations, This wisdom #namely$ third portal of the heaven, one in the fourth portal, and one in the sixth portal, and the circumference of the 4 heaven, and the si*e of the circumference of both is alike. !n the to me, and positions, and ! wrote down their positions as he showed them to me, and ! trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and ready, and the sheep pair and of bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going forth, and for the order prescribed to it 1 And he said unto me: )bserve, :noch, west, and rises, and goes i.e. the to great east luminary and rises which in the is named fifth portal the sun, for 18 for thirty ever and mornings, ever. 36 and And sets that in the which from the seventh portal in the east come dew and rain, locusts and desolation. 11 And from that passeth their thought. exactness of the year is 3 accomplished through its separate three hundred and sixty'four circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to wrote down their months 3 as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days west #thus$ become again rises pregnant, in is the fifth great and western all luminary, the fruits portal. and of is )n the so that earth named day are the according gathered day decreases in, to 37 and its everything by appearance, two parts, that and according is 20 in every month 3 and every week: And the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth these heavenly tablets, And read what is the middle portal come in a direct direction health and rain and dew and prosperity; and 3 those who understand it shall not sleep, ;ut shall listen stations. 6or the signs and the times and the years and the days the angel Uriel showed to me, the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is were accomplished. !n single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light infrom the east, and in amounts asAnd the +ord to ten commanded. parts and the As night he rises, to eight so he parts. sets 19 decreases And the sun not, goes and forth rests not, but that runs fifth day the fields, and the winepress: these things take place in the days of his dominion. These are portal: for in this 4 sixth portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the beginning written thereon, And mark every through the third portal in the west come cloud and hoar'frost, and snow and rain, and dew with the ear that they may learn this wisdom, And it shall please whom the +ord of glory hath set for ever over all the luminaries of the heaven, in the heaven exhausted. 5 And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their revolution by the single seventh accomplishes all her 4of darkness in the west. And inas certain months she portal night, and and sets his in the light fifth is sevenfold portal of the brighter west, than and rises that of in the moon; fourth portal but for regards one 20 si*e and'thirty they the names, and the orders, and the leaders those heads of thousands: 9idal2al, >eel, and of the waning: #And the waning$ which takes place in the first portal in its season, till one individual fact. and locusts. 12parts And after thesefour are the west winds: through the first portal ad2oining the those that eat thereof better than good food. and in the world, that they should rule on the face of the heaven and be seen on the earth, and north, and come forth through the eastern portals 6 on the face of heaven. And when the alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues 5 her own peculiar course. !n two mornings are both e"ual. on account of its sign, and sets in the west. )n that day the day is e"uali*ed with the 8eel, and the name of and the head of aare thousand which isreckoned added to according them, Asfael: and the days of hundred and seventy'seven 5 days accomplished: to weeks, twenty' north come forth dew hoar'frost, and cold and snow and frost. And from the middle portal 2 And ! observed the heavenly tablets, and read everything which was written #thereon$ be leaders for the day and the night, i.e. the sun, moon, and stars, and all the ministering moon rises one'fourteenth part appears in the heaven: 7the light becomes full in her : on the months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle portals the 6 third and the fourth. night, %and becomes of e"ual length&, and night to!n nine parts and the which dayfive to 21 he his dominion are at an end. five #weeks$ and two days. he falls behind the sun amounts and the order of the stars exactly come forth dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing; and through the last portal 4 ;lessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk the way of righteousness and understood everything, and read the book of all the deeds of mankind, and of alleast the creatures which make their revolution in all the chariots 4 ofwest, the !n like manner fourteenth day she accomplishes her light. 7 And fifteen parts of heaven. light are transferred to her goes forth for days, and turns about and returns again through the portal where the sun nine parts. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the and returns to the and days in the course of one period, and when 6 this place which thou seest has been traversed. ad2oins south come forth drought and desolation, and burning and destruction. And the and sin not as seven the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the children of flesh 3 that shall be upon the earth to the remotest generations. And forthwith ! twelve doors Uriel showed me, open in accomplished, the circumference of the suns chariot in the heaven, till the fifteenth day #when$ her light is according to the sign of the year, and rises, and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight 7 days enters rises 22 thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal. And on that uch isportals the picture and sketch of every luminary which Uriel the archangel, who is their twelve of the four "uarters of the heaven are therewith completed, and all their laws heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of blessed the great +ord the >ing ofbreak glory for ever, in that 8e has made all works ofday the Book 3: Astronomy through which the rays of the sun forth: and from them is of$ warmth 5the diffused over the in she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by #the addition fourteenth 8 parts. And the sixth portal from which the sun goes forth. And when the sun goes forth from the fourth day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes than night, and leader, showed unto me. and all their and all their benefactions have shown to longer thee, my son ,ethuselah. thousands ofplagues the order of the stars, together with the!four which are intercalated which divide world, earth, when they are opened at their seasons.And for theof winds andback 6 the spirit of her waning #the moon$ decreases on appointed the first day to fourteen parts her light, on the second portal she goes forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns again in the four portions of the year, which the dew when are opened, open in the heavens at the As for the twelve to thirteen parts of light, on the standing third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, the fifth to ten, on seven into the fourth portal andof accomplishes all her light: andends. sheon recedes and enters Chapter 72they And I days extolled the Lord because His portals in the heaven, at thethem ends of the earth, out of which go forth the sun, moon, and stars, the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the into the 8 first portal in eight days.And she returns again in seven days into the fourth portal 5 lead them and enter with four days. )wing to them men shall be at fault and not patience, And blessed Him because of the 7 and all the works of heaven in the east and in the west, There are many windows open to to the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the 9 from which the -, 10 sun goes forth. Thus ! saw their position 'how the moons rose and reckon them inthe thecourses whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recogni*e 1 The book of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of each, according children ofof men. 4 And after that ! said: ;lessed is the man who dies in left and right of days. them, and one window at reckoning its #appointed$ season produces warmth, fourteenth to their the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the sun set those And ifbelong five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty them 6 in accurately. 6or they to the of the year and are truly recorded their classes, dominion and their seasons, according to their names and places of origin, righteousness and goodness, ?oncerning whom there is no book corresponding #as these do$ to those doors from which the stars come forth according as 8e fifteenth. And 10 in certain months the month has twenty'nine days and once twenty'eight. days, and all the days which accrue 11 to it for one of those five years, when they are full, #thereon$ for ever, one in the first portal and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel, who was with me, who is their Chapter 80 has commanded them, 8 and wherein they set corresponding to their number. And ! saw And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side of unrighteousness written, And against whom no day of amount to ./0 days. And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5 the sixth, and the year completed in three hundred and sixty'four days. 7 And account guide, showed me; andis he showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and howthe it is with it chariots in the heaven, running 9 in the world, above those portals in which revolve the stars is transferred to her byof the sun. 11 <uring all the period during which the moon is growing in years 6to days every year 2udgement shall beand found. regard all the years the world 2reckoning and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished thereof is accurate the recorded thereof exact; for the luminaries, and months 1 And in those days the angel Uriel answered and said to me: ;ehold, ! have shown thee that never set. And one is her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen daysher which dureth till And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the8 un has and festivals, andeternity. years and days, has Uriel shown and revealed to me, to whom the +ord 5 And those:noch, seven holy ones brought me and placed me on the thou earth before the of my everything, and ! have revealed everything to thee that shouldst seedoor thisof sun light iswhole accomplished in the its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, 3 and its setting in the western portals the of the creation of the world hath sub2ected the host of heaven. And he has power over house, and said to me: <eclare everything to thy son ,ethuselah, and who show to all thy their 73 Chapter 77 and this moon, and the portals leadersin of the stars of the heaven and all those turn them, heaven. And ! saw six which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men 'sun, moon, and 9and children that no and 6 flesh is righteous in the sight of the +ord, for 8e is their ?reator.stars, )ne year tasks and times departures. the moon rises andwith sets in these portals, and thethy leaders of the stars and those whom they lead: and all the powers of the heaven which revolve in their circular chariots. And these are the we will leave thee thy son,the till thou givest #last$ commands, that thou mayest teach after this law ! saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary, which issouth, named the 1 And the first "uarter is called east, because it is the first: and the second, the six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other 4 in accurately corresponding orders of the and stars, which set inthem, their places, and inshortened, their seasons and festivals and 2 And in days of the#it$ sinners the years shall be thy children record for and testify to all thy children; and in thewill second year ,oon. 2 And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in because the ,ost 8igh will descend there, yea, there in "uite a special sense 8e who is order: alsoseed many windows to on thetheir rightlands and left theseAnd all And their shall be tardy andof fields, they shall take thee from their midst. which she rides is driven byAnd the wind, and light isis given to the her diminished, in #definite$ because measure. Andall her blessed for ever 2 descend. the west "uarter named there things on the earth shall alter, And shall not appear in their the luminaries time: