2 And I saw a burning fire which ran without resting, and paused not from its course day or night but (ran) regularly. (ENO) 3 And I asked saying: ‘What is this which rests not?’ (ENO) 4 Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered me ⌈⌈and said unto me⌉⌉: ‘This course ⌈of fire⌉ ⌈⌈which thou hast seen⌉⌉ is the fire in the west which †persecutes† all the luminaries of heaven.’ (ENO)
Book of Enoch 23:2–4
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Book of Enoch 18:8–10
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Book of Enoch 24:1–2
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Book of Enoch 14:18–20
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Book of Enoch 17:4–6
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2 Esdras 13:26–28
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2 Esdras 2:43–45
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