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) 11 During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen days [her light is accomplished in the heaven], and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full in the heaven. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 78:9–11
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