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The Book of Enoch
Notes
The First Parable. (Pages 56-62)
The first part of this parable is possibly a description of a holy place set in the
future; Enoch seems to consider it a description of the Watchers home also, since at
39.8, he reveals that he is being allowed to live there, with them.
‘Those who do not sleep’ (see 39.12 and 71.7) are mentioned often. These are
the seraphim, cherubim, and ophannim, the non-human angels, who do not need to
sleep. Enoch never describes them, so it is difficult to know what he had in mind.
Most of this parable is a description of how four of the Watchers showed Enoch
everything.
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