The Powers of Heaven

1 And a voice came to me from the middle of the fire, saying: "Abraham, Abraham!" 2 I said: "Here I am!" 3 And He said: "Look at the expanses which are under the heavenly vault on which you are (now) standing, and see that there is no one on any expanse except He whom you have searched for, or who has loved you." 4 And while He was still speaking (and) look, the expanses opened, and the heavens were beneath me. And I saw on the seventh heavenly vault where I stood fire spread over a wide area, and light, and dew,⁠a and a multitude of angels, and a power of invisible glory over the living creatures which I saw; but I saw no other being there.⁠b 5 And I looked from the height at which I stood [downward] to the sixth heavenly vault, 6 and saw there a multitude of angels of (pure) spirit without bodies, who carried out the commands of the fiery angels who were on the eighth heavenly vault,⁠c as I was standing suspended over them. 7 And look, on this heavenly vault there were no powers in (any) other form, but only angels of (pure) spirit, like the power which I saw on the seventh heavenly vault. 8 And He commanded that the sixth heavenly vault be removed. 9 And I saw there, on the fifth heavenly vault, the powers of the stars which carry out the commands given to them, and the elements of the earth obeyed them.