4 Then I said: ‘For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither?’ (ENO) 5 Then said Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and was chief over them, and said: ‘Enoch, why dost thou ask, and why art thou eager for the truth? (ENO) 6 These are of the number of the stars ⌈of heaven⌉, which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years, the time entailed by their sins, are consummated.’ (ENO)
Book of Enoch 21:4–6
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