3 Through each of these small portals pass the stars of heaven and run their course to the west on the path which is shown to them. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 36:3
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Book of Enoch 78:4–6
4 In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted. (ENO) 5 And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 75:5–7
5 [And for the winds and the spirit of the dew† when they are opened, standing open in the heavens at the ends.] (ENO) 6 As for the twelve portals in the heaven, at the ends of the earth, out of which go forth the sun, moon, and stars, and all the works of heaven in the… (ENO)
2 Enoch 16:1–2
1 THOSE men showed me the other course, that of the moon, twelve great gates, crowned from west to east, by which the moon goes in and out of the customary times. (2EN) 2 It goes in at the first gate to the western places of the sun, by the first gates with thirty-one d… (2EN)
Book of Enoch 72:2–4
2 And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, and its setting in the western portals of the heaven. (ENO) 3 And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets: an… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:18–20
18 On that day the day decreases by †two† parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts. (ENO) 19 And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one-and-thirty mornings on account o… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:7–9
7 And in that fourth portal from which the sun rises in the first month are twelve window-openings, from which proceed a flame when they are opened in their season. (ENO) 8 When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty mornings in su… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:22–24
22 And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes longer than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the night amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight parts. (ENO) 23 And the sun rises from that third portal and… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 75:1–3
1 And the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed over the whole creation and over all the stars, have also to do with the four intercalary days, being inseparable from their office, according to the reckoning of the year, and these render service… (ENO)
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