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The Book of Enoch

the west, and rises in the fourth Gate for thirty-one mornings because of its

sign, and sets in the west.

72.20 On that day the day becomes equal with the night, and is of equal

length; and the night amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts.

72.21 And the Sun rises from that Gate and sets in the west, and returns to
the east, and rises in the third Gate for thirty mornings, and sets in the west

in the third Gate.
72.22 And the Sun rises from that third Gate, and sets in the third Gate in

the west, and returns to the east; and the Sun rises in the second Gate in the
east for thirty mornings, and likewise, it sets in the second Gate, in the west

of Heaven.

72.24 And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to

seven parts.

72.25 And the Sun rises, on that day, from the second Gate, and sets in the

west in the second Gate, and returns to the east to the first Gate for thirty-

one mornings, then sets in the west in the first Gate.

72.26 And on that day the night becomes longer, and becomes double the

day; and the night amounts to exactly twelve parts, and the day to six parts.

72.27 And with this, the Sun has completed the divisions of its journey, and

it turns back again, along these divisions of its journey; and it comes

through that first Gate for thirty mornings, and sets in the west opposite it.

72.28 And on that day the night becomes shorter in length by one part, and

amounts to eleven parts, and the day to seven parts.

72.29 And the Sun returns, and comes to the second Gate in the east, and it

returns along those divisions of its journey for thirty mornings, rising and

setting.

72.30 And on that day the night becomes shorter in length and the night

amounts to ten parts and the day to eight parts.

72.31 And on that day, the Sun rises from the second Gate, and sets in the

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