The book of Enoch : translated from Professor Dillmann's Ethiopic ...

204 The Book of Enoch. [Sect. ill.
Uriel showed me in the circumference of the sun's chariot in
the heaven twelve door-openings through which the rays of
the sun break forth ; and from them is warmth diffused over
the earth, when they are opened at appointed seasons. 5.
[There are also such openings for the winds and the spirit
of the dew when they are opened, standing open in the
heavens at the ends (thereof).] 6. Twelve portals I saw in
the heaven, at the ends of the earth, out of which go forth
the sun, moon, and stars, and all the works of heaven in the
east and in the west. 7. And many window-openings are
to the left and right of them, and one window at its (ap-
pointed) season produces warmth, corresponding (as these do)
to those doors from which the stars come forth according as
He has commanded them, and wherein they set, corresponding
to their number. 8. And I saw chariots in the heaven,
running in the world, above those portals, in which revolve the
stars that never set. 9. And one is larger than all the
rest and makes its course through the entire world.
LXXVI. 1. And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve
portals opened for all the winds, from which the winds
4. Uriel showed me. Wanting in G. Through which the
rays of the sun break forth and. Wanting in G. 5. When
they are opened, standing open. So G M N. Other MSS. add
' in their seasons/ G repeats ' when they are opened ' at the end
of this verse. 8. Above those portals. So A E G H I M N. Cf. xiv.
17. Other MSS. and Din. give :
' above and below those portals.'
LXXVI. 1. Opened for all the winds. Hallevi thinks that we
opened. 5. The portals of the at a time, and all differing in degree of
winds : cf. xxxiii-vi ; lxxvi. Din. heating power. 9. One is larger,
thinks this verse is an interpolation This may be the Great Bear,
on the ground of its inappropriateness LXXVI. This chapter gives a
here, and of the phrase, < spirit of the detailed account of the twelve portals
dew,' which connects it with lx. 20. f the winds and the nature of the
6, 7. Adjoining each one of these winds which issue therefrom. The short
twelve portals of the sun are twelve account in xxxiii-xxxvi agrees with
window-openings to the left and right it. This disquisition on the nature
of them : cf. lxxii. 3, 7. These diffuse of the winds has as much relation
warmth over the earth, one being open to reality as that on the year of 364