1 And I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds undertook the pasturing (of the sheep), and they severally completed their periods as did the first; and others received them into their hands, to pasture them for their period, each shepherd in his own period. (ENO) 2 And after that I saw in my vision all the birds of heaven coming, the eagles, the vultures, the kites, the ravens; but the eagles led all the birds; and they began to devour those sheep, and to pick out their eyes and to devour their flesh. (ENO) 3 And the sheep cried out because their flesh was being devoured by the birds, and as for me I looked and lamented in my sleep over that shepherd who pastured the sheep. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 90:1–3
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Book of Enoch 90:7–9
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Book of Enoch 89:36–38
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Book of Enoch 90:29–31
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Book of Enoch 89:41–43
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Book of Enoch 90:18–20
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Book of Enoch 89:73–75
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