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Exactly four archangels stand around unoccupied heavenly radiance while a countless host worships beyond them.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES

1 ENOCH 40

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Enoch 40 — Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Phanuel stand before the Lord of Spirits with their distinct ministries.

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Exactly four foreground angels correspond to the four named presences; the Lord of Spirits is indicated by unoccupied radiance rather than a bodily figure.

Passage basis: 1 Enoch 40:1–10
Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
  1. 1And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, I saw a multitude beyond number and reckoning, who stood before the Lord of Spirits.
  2. 2And on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits I saw four presences, different from those that sleep not, and I learnt their names: for the angel who went with me made known to me their names, and showed me all the hidden things.
  3. 3And I heard the voices of those four presences as they uttered praises before the Lord of glory.
  4. 4The first voice blesses the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.
  5. 5And the second voice I heard blessing the Elect One and the elect ones who hang upon the Lord of Spirits.
  6. 6And the third voice I heard pray and intercede for those who dwell on the earth and supplicate in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
  7. 7And I heard the fourth voice fending off the Satans and forbidding them to come before the Lord of Spirits to accuse them who dwell on the earth.
  8. 8After that I asked the angel of peace who went with me, who showed me everything that is hidden: ‘Who are these four presences which I have seen and whose words I have heard and written down?’
  9. 9And he said to me: ‘This first is Michael, the merciful and long-suffering: and the second, who is set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael: and the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel: and the fourth, who is set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is named Phanuel.’
  10. 10And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I heard in those days.

R. H. Charles translation (1912) · Reprinted 1917 · Public domain in the United States · Editorial brackets and uncertainty markers preserved · Source edition