5 And on the lower I placed the sun for the illumination of day, and the moon and stars for the illumination of night. (2EN) 6 The sun that it should go according to each animal (sc. signs of the zodiac), twelve, and I appointed the succession of the months and their names and lives, their thunderings, and their hour-markings, how they should succeed. (2EN) 7 Then evening came and morning came the fifth day. (2EN)
2 Enoch 30:5–7
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