1 Enoch (Book of Enoch)Second Temple / PseudepigraphaAccepted by Some TraditionsAramaic and Hebrew fragments; full Ethiopic Ge'ez preservation with Greek and Latin witnessesShare1 Enoch 74R. H. Charles 1917 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableR. H. Charles 1917LanguageEnglishEspañol‹1 Enoch 11 Enoch 21 Enoch 31 Enoch 41 Enoch 51 Enoch 61 Enoch 71 Enoch 81 Enoch 91 Enoch 101 Enoch 111 Enoch 121 Enoch 131 Enoch 141 Enoch 151 Enoch 161 Enoch 171 Enoch 181 Enoch 191 Enoch 201 Enoch 211 Enoch 221 Enoch 231 Enoch 241 Enoch 251 Enoch 261 Enoch 271 Enoch 281 Enoch 291 Enoch 301 Enoch 311 Enoch 321 Enoch 331 Enoch 341 Enoch 351 Enoch 361 Enoch 371 Enoch 381 Enoch 391 Enoch 401 Enoch 411 Enoch 421 Enoch 431 Enoch 441 Enoch 451 Enoch 461 Enoch 471 Enoch 481 Enoch 491 Enoch 501 Enoch 511 Enoch 521 Enoch 531 Enoch 541 Enoch 551 Enoch 561 Enoch 571 Enoch 581 Enoch 591 Enoch 601 Enoch 611 Enoch 621 Enoch 631 Enoch 641 Enoch 651 Enoch 661 Enoch 671 Enoch 681 Enoch 691 Enoch 701 Enoch 711 Enoch 721 Enoch 731 Enoch 741 Enoch 751 Enoch 761 Enoch 771 Enoch 781 Enoch 791 Enoch 801 Enoch 811 Enoch 821 Enoch 831 Enoch 841 Enoch 851 Enoch 861 Enoch 871 Enoch 881 Enoch 891 Enoch 901 Enoch 921 Enoch 911 Enoch 931 Enoch 941 Enoch 951 Enoch 961 Enoch 971 Enoch 981 Enoch 991 Enoch 1001 Enoch 1011 Enoch 1021 Enoch 1031 Enoch 1041 Enoch 1051 Enoch 1061 Enoch 1071 Enoch 108›1 Enoch 741 Enoch 74ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And I saw another course, a law for her, (and) how according to that law she performs her monthly revolution. 2And 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 were accomplished. 3In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her darkness in the west. 4And in certain months she alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues her own peculiar course. 5In two months the moon sets with the sun in those two middle portals the third and the fourth. 6She 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. 7And when the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns back again in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the first portal in eight days. 8And she returns again in seven days into the fourth portal from which the sun goes forth. 9Thus I saw their position—how the moons rose and the sun set in those days. 10And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days. 11And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5 years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days. 12And the sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or delay their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with perfect justice in 364 days. 13In 3 years there are 1092 days, and in 5 years 1820 days, so that in 8 years there are 2912 days. 14For the moon alone the days amount in 3 years to 1062 days, and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind: [i. e. to the sum (of 1770) there is to be added (1000 and) 62 days]. 15And in 5 years there are 1770 days, so that for the moon the days in 8 years amount to 2832 days. 16[For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the days she falls behind in 8 years are 17And the year is accurately completed in conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which rise from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days. ‹Previous chapter1 Enoch 73Next chapter1 Enoch 75›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg