1 The leaders of the thousands, who oversee the entire creation and all the stars, are also responsible for the four intercalary days, inseparably linked with their duties according to the annual calendar. These days serve during the four days that are not included in the annual count. 2 Due to these lights, people often miscalculate, for these lights indeed serve at specific world-stations: one in the first portal, one in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the sixth portal of heaven, ensuring the year's precision through its distinct 364 stations. 3 Uriel, the angel appointed by the Lord of glory to oversee all the celestial bodies in heaven and on earth, showed me the signs, times, years, and days.⁠a These celestial bodies govern the sky and are visible on Earth, leading day and night—the⁠b sun, moon, stars, and all entities that make their circuits in the celestial chariots. 4 Uriel also showed me twelve gates located around the sun’s chariot in heaven, through which the sun's rays emerge, bringing warmth to the earth when they open at their designated times. 5 The gates also affect the winds and the spirit of the dew, which are open in the heavens at the extremities. 6 There are twelve portals in the sky at the earth’s extremities, through which the sun, moon, and stars, and all heavenly operations emerge, moving from east to west. 7 Many windows are situated to the left and right of these portals, and one window, when opened during its season, produces warmth, corresponding to those gates from which the stars emerge as commanded, and where they set according to their number. 8 I saw chariots in heaven, moving above these portals where the stars that never set revolve. 9 One chariot is larger than all the others, and it traverses the entire world.