8 And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth. (ENO) 9 And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight. (ENO) 10 And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 78:8–10
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