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The Book of Enoch

middle of the sheep, how it renounced its glory, and began to butt those

sheep, and how it trampled on them and behaved unbecomingly.

89.45 And the Lord of the sheep sent the sheep to another sheep and raised

it up to be a ram and to lead the sheep in place of that sheep which had

renounced its glory.
89.46 And it went to it, and spoke with it alone, and raised up that ram, and

made it the prince and leader of the sheep. And, during all this, those dogs
oppressed the sheep.

89.47 And the first ram pursued that second ram and that second ram rose
and fled before it. And I looked until those dogs made the first ram fall.

89.48 And that second ram rose up and led the small sheep, and that ram

begat many sheep, and fell asleep. And a small sheep became a ram, in

place of it, and became the prince and leader of those sheep.

89.49 And those sheep grew and increased; but all the dogs, and foxes, and

wild boars, were afraid and fled from it. And that ram butted and killed all

the animals, and those animals did not again prevail amongst the sheep, and

did not seize anything further from them.

89.50 And that house became large and broad, and for those sheep a high

tower was built on that house for the Lord of the sheep. And that house

was low but the tower was raised up and high. And the Lord of the sheep

stood on that tower and they spread a full table before him.

89.51 And I saw those sheep again, how they went astray, and walked in

many ways, and left that house of theirs; and the Lord of the sheep called

some of the sheep, and sent them to the sheep, but the sheep began to kill

them.

89.52 But one of them was saved, and was not killed, and it sprang away

and cried out against the sheep. And they wished to kill it but the Lord of

the sheep saved it from the hands of the sheep, brought it up to me, and

made it stay.

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