3 And the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal: for in this sixth portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the beginning of the waning: (ENO) 4 〈And the waning〉 which takes place in the first portal in its season, till one hundred and seventy-seven days are accomplished: reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five (weeks) and two days. (ENO) 5 She falls behind the sun and the order of the stars exactly five days in the course of one period, and when this place which thou seest has been traversed. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 79:3–5
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Book of Enoch 74:6–8
6 She goes forth for seven days, and turns about and returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight days enters the sixth portal from which the sun goes forth. (ENO) 7 And when the sun goe… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 78:14–16
14 On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of light. (ENO) 15 And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her time she m… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:12–14
12 And then the day becomes longer by †two† parts and amounts to eleven parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts. (ENO) 13 And it returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings on… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 73:7–8
7 And she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and receives the half of one part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her morning [in the commencement of the lunar day] the moon sets with the sun, and is invisible that ni… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 78:7–9
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Book of Enoch 72:18–20
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Book of Enoch 74:10–12
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Book of Enoch 73:2–4
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