1 And the first quarter is called the east, because it is the first: and the second, the south, because the Most High will descend there, yea, there in quite a special sense will He who is blessed for ever descend. (ENO) 2 And the west quarter is named the diminished, because there all the luminaries of the heaven wane and go down. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 77:1–2
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Book of Enoch 76:2–4
2 Three of them are open on the face (i.e. the east) of the heavens, and three in the west, and three on the right (i.e. the south) of the heaven, and three on the left (i.e. the north). (ENO) 3 And the three first are those of the east, and three are of †the north, and… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:1–3
1 The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel, who was wi… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 74:2–4
2 And all these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days we… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 78:4–6
4 In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted. (ENO) 5 And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:18–20
18 On that day the day decreases by †two† parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts. (ENO) 19 And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one-and-thirty mornings on account o… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 75:5–7
5 [And for the winds and the spirit of the dew† when they are opened, standing open in the heavens at the ends.] (ENO) 6 As for the twelve portals in the heaven, at the ends of the earth, out of which go forth the sun, moon, and stars, and all the works of heaven in the… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 35:1
1 And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the †east†, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:35–37
35 And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever. (ENO) 36 And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to its a… (ENO)
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