The Seventh to Tenth Heavens
1 And those two men lifted me up from there onto the seventh Heaven, and I saw there a very great light, and fiery troops of great archangels, bodiless forces, and dominions, orders and governments, cherubim and seraphim, thrones and many-eyed ones, nine regiments, the Ioanit stations of light, and I became afraid, and began to tremble with great terror, 2 and those men took me, and led me after them, and said to me: 3 'Have courage, Enoch, do not fear,' and showed me the Lord from a distance, sitting on His very high throne. For what is there on the tenth heaven, since the Lord dwells here? God is in the tenth heaven, in the Hebrew language he is called Aravat. And all the heavenly troops would come and stand on the ten steps according to their rank, and would bow down to the Lord, 4 and would again go to their places in joy and happiness, singing songs in the boundless light with small and tender voices, gloriously serving him.
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Compare 4Q405 23 i 7 and 2 Enoch 20:3
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4Q405 23 i 7
Dead Sea Scrolls, Prayers, Hymns, and Liturgy · Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice2 Enoch 20:3
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