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1 Enoch 36, the end of the Book of the Watchers, contains a summary of a later section in chapter 76, likely done by a later author or editor to combine the distinct sections together into the final form of 1 Enoch.
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1 Enoch 36:3
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1 And from there I went to the south to the ends of the earth and saw there three open portals of heaven from which dew, rain, and wind emerge. 2 And from there I went to the east to the ends of heaven and observed here the three eastern portals of heaven open and small portals above them. 3 Through each of these small portals, the stars of heaven pass and run their course to the west on the path that is shown to them. 4 And as often as I saw, I always blessed the Lord of Glory, and I continued to bless the Lord of Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to the angels, spirits, and men, that they might praise His work and all His creation; that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands and bless Him forever.
1 Enoch 72:2
Pseudepigrapha
1 This book describes the courses of the heavenly bodies, detailing each according to their classes, control, seasons, names, origins, and months as shown to me by Uriel, the holy angel guiding me. He explained precisely all their laws and the eternal progression until a new creation is established forever. 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.
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Notes and References
"... This section concludes the Book of the Watchers in its present form and, more immediately, the journey narrative that began in chapter 21 ... taken as a whole, this section looks like a summary of what is now chapter 76, which describes the twelve gates of the winds ... also, as in the Book of the Luminaries, this section follows reference to the stars. In significant ways, however, this section differs from chapter 76, mainly to tie it to its context in the Book of the Watchers ..."
Nickelsburg, George W. E.
A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 1-36, 81-108
(p. 331) Fortress Press, 2001
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