Enoch Book 3
Chapter 72 -
1 The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the years of the world 2 and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth till eternity.
And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, 3 and its setting in the western portals of the heaven. And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other 4 in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the 5 circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate portal and 6 shines in the face of the heaven. In this way he rises in the first month in the great portal, which 7 is the fourth (those six portals in the cast).
And in that fourth portal from which the sun rises in the first month are twelve window-openings, from which proceed a flame when they are opened in 8 their season. When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty, 9 mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven. And during this period the day becomes daily longer and the night nightly shorter to the thirtieth 10 morning. On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part, and the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts. And the sun rises from that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth portal of the east thirty mornings, and rises from it and sets in the fifth 12 portal. And then the day becomes longer by two parts and amounts to eleven parts, and the night 13 becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts. And it returns to the east and enters into the sixth 14 portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign. On that day the day becomes longer than the night, and the day becomes double the night, and the day 15 becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six parts. And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns to the east and enters into the 16 sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings. And when thirty mornings are accomplished, 17 the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven.
And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for 18 thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal. On that day the day decreases by two parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
19 And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one- 20 and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west. On that day the day is equalized with the night, (and becomes of equal length), and the night amounts to nine parts and the day to 21 nine parts. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises 22 thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal. And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes longer than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the night amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight 23 parts. And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises 24 in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven. And on that day the night amounts to eleven 25 parts and the day to seven parts. And the sun rises on that day from that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty 26 mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven. And on that day the night becomes longer and amounts to the double of the day: and the night amounts exactly to twelve parts and 27 the day to six. And the sun has (therewith) traversed the divisions of his orbit and turns again on those divisions of his orbit, and enters that portal thirty mornings and sets also in the west 28 opposite to it.
And on that night has the night decreased in length by a ninth part, and the night 29 has become eleven parts and the day seven parts. And the sun has returned and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those his divisions of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising 30 and setting.
And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts 31 and the day to eight. And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven.
32 On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and the night 33 is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four. And the length of the day and of the night, and the shortness of the day and of the night arise-through the course 34 of the sun these distinctions are made. So it comes that its course becomes 35 daily longer, and its course nightly shorter. And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever.
36 And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to 37 its appearance, according as the Lord commanded. As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
The Scriptures
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Deu 16:1 “Guard the month of Abib (new year), and perform the Pesah (Passover) to יהוה your Elohim, for in the month of Abib; יהוה your Elohim brought you out of Mitsrayim by night.
Exo 12:2 This month is the beginning of months for you, it is the first month of the year for you.
Lev 23:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 23:2 Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, The appointed times of
יהוה, which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, My appointed times, are these:
Lev 23:3 Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart
gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to יהוה in all your dwellings.
Lev 23:4 These are the appointed times of יהוה, set-apart gatherings which you are to
proclaim at their appointed times.
Lev 23:5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings,
is the Passover to יהוה.
Lev 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Festival of Unleavened Bread to
יהוה – seven days you eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:7 On the first day you have a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work.
Lev 23:8 ‘And you shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה for seven days. On the
seventh day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work.
Lev 23:9 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 23:10 Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and you shall say to them, When you come
into the land which I give you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring a
sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest to the priest.
Lev 23:11 'And he shall wave the sheaf before יהוה, for your acceptance. On the morrow
after the Sabbath the priest waves it.
Lev 23:12 'And on that day when you wave the sheaf, you shall prepare a male lamb a
year old, a perfect one, as a burnt offering to יהוה,
Lev 23:13 and its grain offering: two-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour mixed with oil,
an offering made by fire to יהוה, a sweet fragrance, and its drink offering: one-fourth
of a hin of wine.
Lev 23:14 'And you do not eat bread or roasted grain or fresh grain until the same day
that you have brought an offering to your Elohim – a law forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
Lev 23:15 'And from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the
sheaf of the wave offering, you shall count for yourselves: seven completed Sabbaths.
Lev 23:16 Until the morrow after the seventh Sabbath you count fifty days, then you
shall bring a new grain offering to יהוה.
Lev 23:17 Bring from your dwellings for a wave offering two loaves of bread, of
two-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour they are, baked with leaven, first-fruits to יהוה.
Lev 23:18 And besides the bread, you shall bring seven lambs a year old, perfect ones,
and one young bull and two rams. They are a burnt offering to יהוה, with their grain
offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet fragrance to
יהוה.
Lev 23:19 And you shall offer one male goat as a sin offering, and two male lambs a
year old, as a peace offering.
Lev 23:20 And the priest shall wave them, besides the bread of the first-fruits, as a
wave offering before יהוה, besides the two lambs. They are set-apart to יהוה for the
priest.
Lev 23:21 And on this same day you shall proclaim a set-apart gathering for
yourselves, you do no servile work on it – a law forever in all your dwellings
throughout your generations.
Lev 23:22 'And when you reap the harvest of your land do not completely reap the
corners of your field when you reap, and do not gather any gleaning from your harvest.
Leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am יהוה your Elohim.’ ”
Lev 23:23 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 23:24 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, In the seventh month, on the
first day of the month, you have a rest, a remembrance of blowing of trumpets, a
set-apart gathering.
Lev 23:25 You do no servile work, and you shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה.’
”
Lev 23:26 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 23:27 On the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be
a set-apart gathering for you. And you shall afflict your beings, and shall bring an
offering made by fire to יהוה.
Lev 23:28 "And you do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make
atonement for you before יהוה your Elohim.
Lev 23:29 “For any being who is not afflicted on that same day, he shall be cut off
from his people.
Lev 23:30 “And any being who does any work on that same day, that being I shall destroy
from the midst of his people.
Lev 23:31 “You do no work – a law forever throughout your generations in all your
dwellings.
Lev 23:32 'It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your beings. On the
ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you observe your Sabbath.”
Lev 23:33 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 23:34 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this
seventh month is the Festival of Booths for seven days to יהוה.
Lev 23:35 ‘On the first day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work.
Lev 23:36 ‘For seven days you bring an offering made by fire to יהוה. On the eighth day
there shall be a set-apart gathering for you, and you shall bring an offering made by
fire to יהוה. It is a closing festival, you do no servile work.
Lev 23:37 ‘These are the appointed times of יהוה which you proclaim as set-apart
gatherings, to bring an offering made by fire to יהוה, a burnt offering and a grain
offering, a slaughtering and drink offerings, as commanded for every day –
Lev 23:38 besides the Sabbaths of יהוה, and besides your gifts, and besides all your
vows, and besides all your voluntary offerings which you give to יהוה.
Lev 23:39 ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the fruit of
the land, observe the festival of יהוה for seven days. On the first day is a rest, and
on the eighth day a rest.
Lev 23:40 ‘And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of good trees,
branches of palm trees, twigs of leafy trees, and willows of the stream, and shall
rejoice before יהוה your Elohim for seven days.
Lev 23:41 ‘And you shall observe it as a festival to יהוה for seven days in the year –
a law forever in your generations. Observe it in the seventh month.
Lev 23:42 ‘Dwell in booths for seven days; all who are native Yisra’ĕlites dwell in
booths,
Lev 23:43 so that your generations know that I made the children of Yisra’ĕl dwell in
booths when I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim. I am יהוה your Elohim.’ ”
Lev 23:44 Thus did Mosheh speak of the appointed times of יהוה to the children of
Yisra’ĕl.
Sabbaths
Exo 23:12 Six days you are to do your work, and on the seventh day you rest, in
order that your ox and your donkey might rest, and the son of your female servant and
the sojourner be refreshed.
Lev 23:3 Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to יהוה in all your dwellings.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands of El and possessing the witness of יהושע Messiah.
Rev 14:12 Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones, here are those guarding the commands of El and the belief of יהושע .
Rev 22:14 "Blessed are those doing His commands, so that the authority shall be heirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.
Jubilees Chapter 6
And on the new moon of the third month he went forth from the ark, and built an altar on that mountain. And he made atonement for the earth, and took a kid and made atonement by its blood for all the guilt of the earth; for everything that had been on it had been destroyed, save those that were in the ark with Noah. And he placed the fat thereof on the altar, and he took an ox, and a goat, and a sheep and kids, and salt, and a turtle-dove, and the young of a dove, and placed a burnt sacrifice on the altar, and poured thereon an offering mingled with oil, and sprinkled wine and strewed frankincense over everything, and caused a goodly savour to arise, acceptable before the Lord. And the Lord smelt the goodly savour, and He made a covenant with him that there should not be any more a flood to destroy the earth; that all the days of the earth seed-time and harvest should never cease; cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night should not change their order, nor cease for ever. 'And you, increase ye and multiply upon the earth, and become many upon it, and be a blessing upon it. The fear of you and the dread of you I will inspire in everything that is on earth and in the sea. And behold I have given unto you all beasts, and all winged things, and everything that moves on the earth, and the fish in the waters, and all things for food; as the green herbs, I have given you all things to eat. But flesh, with the life thereof, with the blood, ye shall not eat; for the life of all flesh is in the blood, lest your blood of your lives be required. At the hand of every man, at the hand of every (beast) will I require the blood of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made He man. And you, increase ye, and multiply on the earth.' And Noah and his sons swore that they would not eat any blood that was in any flesh, and he made a covenant before the Lord God for ever throughout all the generations of the earth in this month. On this account He spake to thee that thou shouldst make a covenant with the children of Israel in this month upon the mountain with an oath, and that thou shouldst sprinkle blood upon them because of all the words of the covenant, which the Lord made with them for ever. And this testimony is written concerning you that you should observe it continually, so that you should not eat on any day any blood of beasts or birds or cattle during all the days of the earth, and the man who eats the blood of beast or of cattle or of birds during all the days of the earth, he and his seed shall be rooted out of the land.
And do thou command the children of Israel to eat no blood, so that their names and their seed may be before the Lord our God continually. And for this law there is no limit of days, for it is for ever. They shall observe it throughout their generations, so that they may continue supplicating on your behalf with blood before the altar; every day and at the time of morning and evening they shall seek forgiveness on your behalf perpetually before the Lord that they may keep it and not be rooted out. And He gave to Noah and his sons a sign that there should not again be a flood on the earth. He set His bow in the cloud for a sign of the eternal covenant that there should not again be a flood on the earth to destroy it all the days of the earth. For this reason it is ordained and written on the heavenly tablets, that they should celebrate the feast of weeks in this month once a year, to renew the covenant every year. And this whole festival was celebrated in heaven from the day of creation till the days of Noah -twenty-six jubilees and five weeks of years: and Noah and his sons observed it for seven jubilees and one week of years, till the day of Noah's death, and from the day of Noah's death his sons did away with (it) until the days of Abraham, and they eat blood. But Abraham observed it, and Isaac and Jacob and his children observed it up to thy days, and in thy days the children of Israel forgot it until ye celebrated it anew on this mountain.
And do thou command the children of Israel to observe this festival in all their generations for a commandment unto them: one day in the year in this month they shall celebrate the festival. For it is the feast of weeks and the feast of first fruits: this feast is twofold and of a double nature: according to what is written and engraven concerning it, celebrate it. For I have written in the book of the first law, in that which I have written for thee, that thou shouldst celebrate it in its season, one day in the year, and I explained to thee its sacrifices that the children of Israel should remember and should celebrate it throughout their generations in this month, one day in every year.
And on the new moon of the first month, and on the new moon of the fourth month, and on the new moon of the seventh month, and on the new moon of the tenth month are the days of remembrance, and the days of the seasons in the four divisions of the year. These are written and ordained as a testimony for ever. And Noah ordained them for himself as feasts for the generations for ever, so that they have become thereby a memorial unto him. And on the new moon of the first month he was bidden to make for himself an ark, and on that (day) the earth became dry and he opened (the ark) and saw the earth. And on the new moon of the fourth month the mouths of the depths of the abyss beneath were closed. And on the new moon of the seventh month all the mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened, and the waters began to descend into them. And on the new moon of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen, and Noah was glad. And on this account he ordained them for himself as feasts for a memorial for ever, and thus are they ordained.
And they placed them on the heavenly tablets, each had thirteen weeks; from one to another (passed) their memorial, from the first to the second, and from the second to the third, and from the third to the fourth. And all the days of the commandment will be two and fifty weeks of days, and (these will make) the entire year complete. Thus it is engraven and ordained on the heavenly tablets. And there is no neglecting (this commandment) for a single year or from year to year.
And command thou the children of Israel that they observe the years according to this reckoning- three hundred and sixty-four days, and (these) will constitute a complete year, and they will not disturb its time from its days and from its feasts; for everything will fall out in them according to their testimony, and they will not leave out any day nor disturb any feasts. But if they do neglect and do not observe them according to His commandment, then they will disturb all their seasons and the years will be dislodged from this (order), [and they will disturb the seasons and the years will be dislodged] and they will neglect their ordinances.
And all the children of Israel will forget and will not find the path of the years, and will forget the new moons, and seasons, and
Sabbaths and they will go wrong as to all the order of the years. For I know and from henceforth will I declare it unto thee, and it is not of my own devising; for the book (lies) written before me, and on the heavenly tablets the division of days is ordained, lest they forget the feasts of the covenant and walk according to the feasts of the Gentiles after their error and after their ignorance. For there will be those who will assuredly make observations of the moon -how (it) disturbs the seasons and comes in from year to year ten days too soon. For this reason the years will come upon them when they will disturb (the order), and make an abominable (day) the day of testimony, and an unclean day a feast day, and they will confound all the days, the holy with the unclean, and the unclean day with the
set apart; for they will go wrong as to the months and sabbaths and feasts and jubilees. For this reason I command and testify to thee that thou mayst testify to them; for after thy death thy children will disturb (them), so that they will not make the year
three hundred and sixty-four days only, and for this reason they will go wrong as to the new moons and seasons and
Sabbaths and festivals, and they will eat all kinds of blood with all kinds of flesh.
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