The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 21
["The six-winged and many-eyed cherubim and seraphim never depart, covering the whole throne while singing Holy, holy, holy before the Lord\'s face.","Those men who had journeyed with Enoch departed at the seventh heaven, leaving him alone, afraid, and fallen on his face.","The archangel Gabriel caught Enoch up as a leaf caught by the wind and placed him before the Lord\'s face.","The eighth heaven, called Muzaloth in Hebrew, is the changer of seasons, of drought and wet, and of the twelve constellations.","The ninth heaven, called Kuchavim in Hebrew, holds the heavenly homes of the twelve constellations of the firmament circle."]
1nd the Cherubim and seraphim standing about the throne, the six-winged and many-eyed ones do not depart, standing before the Lord's face doing his will, and cover his whole throne, singing with gentle voice before the Lord's face: Holy, holy, holy, Lord Ruler of Sabaoth, heavens and earth are full of Your glory.
2 When I saw all these things, those men said to me: Enoch, thus far is it commanded us to journey with you, and those men went away from me and thereupon I saw them not.
3 And I remained alone at the end of the seventh heaven and became afraid, and fell on my face and said to myself: Woe is me, what has befallen me?
4 And the Lord sent one of his glorious ones, the archangel Gabriel, and (he) said to me: Have courage, Enoch, do not fear, arise before the Lord's face into eternity, arise, come with me.
5 And I answered him, and said in myself: My Lord, my soul is departed from me, from terror and trembling, and I called to the men who led me up to this place, on them I relied, and (it is) with them I go before the Lord's face.
6 And Gabriel caught me up, as a leaf caught up by the wind, and placed me before the Lord's face.
7 And I saw the eighth heaven, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Muzaloth, changer of the seasons, of drought, and of wet, and of the twelve constellations of the circle of the firmament, which are above the seventh heaven.
8 And I saw the ninth heaven, which is called in Hebrew Kuchavim, where are the heavenly homes of the twelve constellations of the circle of the firmament.
Did You Know?
["The six-winged and many-eyed cherubim and seraphim never depart, covering the whole throne while singing Holy, holy, holy before the Lord\'s face.","Those men who had journeyed with Enoch departed at the seventh heaven, leaving him alone, afraid, and fallen on his face.","The archangel Gabriel caught Enoch up as a leaf caught by the wind and placed him before the Lord\'s face.","The eighth heaven, called Muzaloth in Hebrew, is the changer of seasons, of drought and wet, and of the twelve constellations.","The ninth heaven, called Kuchavim in Hebrew, holds the heavenly homes of the twelve constellations of the firmament circle."]
The cherubim and seraphim are six-winged and many-eyed ones who cover the whole throne singing Holy holy holy with gentle voice.
Enoch remains alone at the end of the seventh heaven and becomes afraid and falls on his face saying woe is me what has befallen me.
Gabriel the archangel catches Enoch up as a leaf caught up by the wind and places him before the Lord's face.
The eighth heaven called Muzaloth in Hebrew changes the seasons of drought and wet along with the twelve constellations.
← → arrow keys to navigate chapters · spacebar to play/pause audio
Commentary
In brief
Enoch beholds the cherubim and seraphim singing before the throne as his guides depart, leaving him fearful alone in the seventh heaven. Gabriel then catches him up and places him before the Lord's face, where he sees the eighth heaven called Muzaloth and the ninth called Kuchavim.