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The Kebra Nagast 101

2 min 5 verses Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge, 1922, public domain. Chapters follow Budge's numbering (1-117); verse numbers are this archive's own divisions.

Concerning Him That Existeth in Everything and Everywhere

Moses must prepare an open space before the Tabernacle courtyard barred to anyone sexually impure or otherwise unclean.

A1🔗nd again God said unto Moses: " Make for Me an open space before the courtyard of the Tabernacle; no man who is impure sexually and unclean shall come there, and no one who is not pure. For I am there, and not only there, but in every place like thereunto where My Name is invoked in purity.

2🔗 I was with Daniel in the den [of lions], and I was with Jonah in the belly of the great fish, and I was with Joseph in the pit, and I was with Jeremiah in the well [fed from] the lake. I stand under the deepest deep so that the mountains may not sink down under the waters; and I am under the waters so that they may not sink down upon the fire, and sulphur; I stand under the fire and sulphur so that they may not sink down upon the winds and the rust.

3🔗 I am under the winds and the rusty fog so that they may not sink down under the darkness. And I stand under the deepest darkness and under the abysses, and every created thing supporteth itself on Me, and every thing which I have created cometh to Me as a place of refuge. " I am above the earth, and I am at the ends of the world, and I am Master of everything.

4🔗 I am in the air, My place of abode, and I am above the chariot of the Cherubim, and I am praised everlastingly by all the angels and by holy men. And I am above the heights of heaven, and I fill everything. I am above the Seven Heavens. I see everything, and I test everything, and there is nothing that is hidden from Me.

5🔗 I am in every place, and there is no other god besides Me, neither in the heaven above nor in the earth beneath; there is none like unto Me, saith God; My hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath made strong the heavens; I and My Son and the Holy Spirit."

Did You Know?

1

Moses must prepare an open space before the Tabernacle courtyard barred to anyone sexually impure or otherwise unclean.

2

God was with Daniel in the lions' den, Jonah in the great fish, Joseph in the pit, and Jeremiah in the lake-fed well.

3

God stands under fire and sulphur so they may not sink down upon the winds and the rust.

4

Every created thing supports itself on God and comes seeking refuge beneath the deepest darkness and abysses.

5

God fills everything above the Seven Heavens, sees and tests all, and names the Son and Holy Spirit.

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