15 And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings. (ENO) 16 And when thirty mornings are accomplished, the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven. (ENO) 17 And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:15–17
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Book of Enoch 72:10–12
10 On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part, and the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts. (ENO) 11 And the sun rises from that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth portal of the east thirty mornings,… (ENO) 12 … (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:20–22
20 On that day the day is equalized with the night, [and becomes of equal length], and the night amounts to nine parts and the day to nine parts. (ENO) 21 And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises thirty mornings in the thi… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:24–26
24 And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to seven parts. (ENO) 25 And the sun rises on that day from that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets i… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:30–32
30 And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts and the day to eight. (ENO) 31 And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirty mornings, an… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 74:6–8
6 She 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. (ENO) 7 And when the sun goe… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 74:16–17
16 [For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the days she falls behind in 8 years are 80. (ENO) 17 And 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… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 73:3–5
3 And her rising and setting change every month: and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform (i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun. (ENO) 4 And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the t… (ENO)
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)
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