LXX Ezekiel 1:22

Septuagint

20 Wherever the cloud was, there was the spirit to go; the wheels would go and be lifted off with them, because the spirit of life was in the wheels. 21 When they went, they would go, and when they stood, they would stand. And when these lifted off from the earth, they were lifted off along with them, because the spirit of life was in the wheels. 22 And a likeness above their head of the living beings was like a firmament, like the appearance of crystal stretched out above their wings. 23 And their wings were stretched out below the firmament, flapping one to another, two to each, covering their bodies. 24 And I kept hearing the sound of their wings as they went, like a sound of much water, and when they stood, their wings would stop.

1 Enoch 14:9

Pseudepigrapha

8 And the vision was shown to me: Behold, in the vision clouds called me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and took me into heaven. 9 And I went in until I drew near to a wall built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to frighten me. And I entered the tongues of fire and drew near to a large house built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a mosaic floor of crystals, and its foundation was of crystal. 10 Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were fiery cherubim, and their heaven was clear as water.

 Notes and References

"... The vision of 1 Enoch 14 comes in the middle of the scene where Enoch is described as having ascended unto heaven to intercede on behalf of the fallen angels. It is introduced in 14, 8 where Enoch says that in his dream vision he saw himself uplifted to heaven by clouds. The first thing which Enoch says he saw in heaven is a wall which is built of white marble and surrounded by tongues of fire (14, 9). As it turned out, the wall surrounded a house. The house, no doubt, is identical with the heavenly divine palace, yet the manner in which it is described requires our comment. The house, its walls, its floor and its groundwork, were built of crystal. Now, this description of the marble-like appearance of the walls most probably derives from Ezekiel 1, 22, where the prophet says that “Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, shining like crystal” (LXX). This description of what the walls of the house looked like is quite rare, and actually its main parallel is to be found in two places connected with the visions of the Hekhalot mystics ..."

Gruenwald, Ithamar Apocalyptic and Merkavah Mysticism (pp. 71-72) Brill, 2014

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