LXXXIX. 68-71. First Period of the Angelic Rulers—from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Return fr
- Date of account
- Composite work, broadly c. 300 BCE to 100 BCE
- Source
- The book of Enoch
- Reference
- The book of Enoch · selected passage 56
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- Ge'ez preserved in complete form; translated from earlier Semitic and Greek textual traditions
- Translation
- R. H. Charles, with W. O. E. Oesterley
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
And each one slew and destroyed many more than was prescribed; and I began to weep and lament on account of those sheep
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyAnd each one slew and destroyed many more than was prescribed; and I began to weep and lament on account of those sheep. 70. And thus in the vision I saw that one who wrote how he wrote down every one that was destroyed by those shepherds, day by day, and carried up and laid down and showed actually the whole book to the Lord of the sheep—(even) everything that they had done, and all that each one of them had made away with, and all that they had given over to destruction. 71. And the book was read before the Lord of the sheep, and He took the book from his hand and read it and sealed it and laid it down.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis is a passage from a historical religious or interpretive text. Its genre, manuscript history, translation and place within its own tradition are part of the evidence and must remain visible.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyLattice can compare the passage's descriptive features with later reports, but resemblance does not turn a vision, angel, mythic creature or sacred narrative into a modern incident report.
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