Deuteronomy 26:15
Hebrew Bible
14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; I have obeyed you and have done everything you have commanded me. 15 Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.” 16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
Source
1 Enoch 9:1
Pseudepigrapha
1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed on the earth, and all lawlessness being committed on the earth. 2 And they said to one another: 'The earth, left without inhabitants, cries out, and the voice of their crying reaches the gates of heaven.' 3 'And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men plead, saying, "Present our case before the Most High."'
Date: 200-50 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... 1 Enoch 9:1 ... An expansive paraphrase of Genesis 6:11 begins this section. This first reference to the flood story (Genesis 6:5–9:28) provides a link to Genesis 6:14 by identifying the deeds of the giants as the violence that brought on the flood. Different from Gen 6:11 (and 6:5), here it is the four archangels who see the violence on earth. The expression “looked down from the sanctuary of heaven and saw”, reflects a stereotyped formula of prayer (compare Deuteronomy 26:15; Isaiah 63:15; 1 Baruch 2:16) and thus attributes to the four angels what common piety requested of God ..."
Nickelsburg, George W. E.
A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 1-36, 81-108
(p. 206) Fortress Press, 2001
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