6 And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire, And on its four sides were streams full of living fire, And they girt that house. (ENO) 7 And round about were Seraphin, Cherubin, and Ophannin: And these are they who sleep not And guard the throne of His glory. (ENO) 8 And I saw angels who could not be counted, A thousand thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand, Encircling that house. And Michael, and Raphael, and Gabriel, and Phanuel, And the holy angels who are above the heavens, Go in and out of that house. (ENO)
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