the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

34 TJie Booh of Enoch [Sect, i
15. And lo! there was a second housCj greater than the former^
and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of
flames of fire. 16. And in every respect it so excelled in
splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe
to you its splendour and its extent. 17. And its floor was of
fire, and above it were lightnings and the path of the stars, and
its ceiling also was flaming fire. 18. And I looked and saw
"^therein"" a lofty throne : its appearance was as crystal, and the
wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the vision of
cherubim. 19. And from underneath the throne came streams
of flaming fire so that I could not look thereon. 20. And the
Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly
than the sun and was whiter than any snow. 21. None of
the angels could enter and could behold His face by reason of
the magnificence and glory, and no flesh could behold Him.
22. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire
stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him : ten
thousand times ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed
15. Enoch approaches the palace of The expression goes back to Dan. 7°
God but does not enter, as
may behold God. As the
no mortal
doors are
p^^ ^,j ^ni^JJ^J = rpoxol airov vvp
KaL6ixivov. Vision of cherubim,
open, he can describe what is within. qe reads opos, corrupt possibly for
There was a second house . . . gp^^,,. E = 677^ (from Sjt) ' the voice '.
before me and. So E. G^ seems 19. Cf. Dan.7i». Streams of flaming
corrupt &X\rju eipav d^ewy^ivrjy mr- fij-e (E). G^ 'flaming streams of fire '-
havri /xov Kal 5 oTms iii'iimv tovtov
20. The Great Glory. Cf. 102' T.
Kal oKos. 16. It so exoeUed . . . Lev. 3^ "Whiter, &c. On the bright-
that I cannot describe, &o. Cf. ness that surrounds the throne cf.
Targ. Jon. on Ezek. 1", ' the appear- Ps. lOi'' Dan. 7^ Jam. l" Rev. i\ See
ance of glory such as the eye cannot K.A.T.^ 353. 21. Enter. + 'into
see and there was no power to look this house', 'G^^. By reason of the
thereon.' 18. In this and the fol- magnificence and glory (G«). E =
lowing verses the writer draws upon ' of the Magnificent and Glorious One'
Is. 6 Ezek. 1 10 Dan. 7'' ^^ This pas- but it is probably corrupt. 22. Could
sage (vv. 18-22) is used by the author draw nigh. Cf. 3 Mace. 21^ 1 Tim. 6"=.
of7X6-8_ Therein. > G^. A lofty Ten thousand times, &c., Dan. 7".
throne. On a throne in heaven cf. He needed no counsellor. Cf. Sir.
1 Kings 2219 jg. gi j;zek. 12« Dan. 7» 42^1 oiSi irpoeSerje,] oiSeviis avptfioikov
Ass. Mos. 42 Test. Lev. 5^ Eev. 4^ "J"- = paO b^h 1''"'^ ^^- So E by a
The wheels thereof as the shining slight change. As it stands it = • He
sun (E). G" rpoxhs iis iiXiov KaimovTOi. needed no counsel '. Here, since G^ has
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