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

144 The Booh of Enoch [sect, it
And Michael, and Eaphael, and Gabriel, and Phanuel,
And tlie holy angels who are above the heavens,
Go in and out of that house.
9. And they came forth from that house.
And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel,
And many holy angels without number.
10. And with them the Head of Days,
His head white and pure as wool,
And His raiment indescribable.
11. And I fell on my face,
And my whole body became relaxed,
And my spirit was transfigured
And I cried with a loud voice,
. . . with the spirit of power.
And blessed and glorified and extolled.
12. And these blessings which went forth out of my mouth
were well pleasing before that Head of Days. 13. And that
Head of Days came with Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and
Phanuel, thousa.nds and ten thousands of angels without number.
[Lost passage wherein the Son of Man was described as
thousand thousands, &o. : cf. 14'^'' question regarding him. This passage
40'. Michael, Gabriel, &c. : see has been lost, but the context requires
40*"'. Go in and out. This is not its restoration. In answer to this ques-
so in 14*'. 9. And*" (a- t.fi. tion of Enoch an angel conies forward
10. TheHeadof Days : see 46' (note) and makes answer in ver. 14. But
Dan. 7'. 11. And I fell . . . re- owing to the loss of this passage the
laxed. Cf. 60*. Spirit was trans- text has been changed by some scribe
figured. Distinguish this from 39'*, in verses 14, 16 and been made to apply
and cf. Asc. Is. 7^°. Spirit of power : to Enoch instead of to the Son of Man.
cf. 61". Some word or words seem to The scribe, however, has fallen from
have been lost before this phrase. 13. his rfile in ver. 17 and forgotten to
The following verses show, as Appel make the necessary changes ; for that
has pointed out (p. 44), that after the verse as it stands refers undoubtedly
Head of Days the Son of Man was to the Sou of Man and not to Enoch
mentioned, and that Enoch asked some ' There will be length of days with
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