Psalm 24:7

Hebrew Bible

5 Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them. 6 Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him. (Selah) 7 Look up, you gates. Rise up, you eternal doors. Then the majestic king will enter. 8 Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty. The Lord a mighty man in battle. 9 Look up, you gates. Rise up, you eternal doors. Then the majestic king will enter.

1 Enoch 72:3

Pseudepigrapha

2 The first rule of the luminaries: the Sun rises from the eastern portals of the heavens and sets in the western portals. 3 I observed six portals for the sun's rising and setting, and for the moon's rising and setting. The leaders of the stars and their groups also follow this path: six portals in the east and six in the west, all precisely aligned, with numerous windows on either side.

 Notes and References

"... Note also further examples ... The powers of the underworld invoked in Assyrian Medical Texts 32 may be compared with the powers of the gates of the underworld to bless Kaka, the vizier of Anu, in Nergal and Ereskigal and the blessing of the doors of heaven ... 'O Sun-god, when you enter Heaven's Interior (anšà);' may the bolt of the clear heavens say "hello?" May the doors of the heavens bless you.' Note also biblical parallels in Psalms 19:2; 24:7-10; 96:11-12. ..."

Horowitzh, Wayne Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography (p. 217) Eisenbrauns, 1998

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