Deuteronomy 33:2

Hebrew Bible

1 This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death. 2 He said: “The Lord came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them. 3 Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words. 4 Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

1 Enoch 1:4

Pseudepigrapha

2 And he took up his parable and said--Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, ⌈which⌉ the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come. 3 Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling, 4 And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai, ⌈And appear from His camp⌉ And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens. 5 And all shall be smitten with fear And the Watchers shall quake, And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.

 Notes and References

"... The wording here alludes to several Old Testament passages where Yahweh/the Holy One “comes from” Sinai (or its environs), his dwelling place, as a divine warrior (Deuteronomy 33:2; Habakkuk 3:3; Psalm 68:7–8; Judges 5:4–5; cp. Micah 1:3; Isaiah 26:21; Jeremiah 25:30). The author is drawing on this “warrior from Sinai” tradition to convey the idea that God is going to descend from heaven to return to earth “on” Mount Sinai to exact punishment on the wicked. The wording evokes the divine warrior motif ..."

Heiser, Michael S. A Companion to the Book of Enoch: A Reader’s Commentary, Vol. 1 (p. 53) Defender Publishing, 2019

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