Scribe of Righteousness
Chapter 12
3And I, Enoch, began to bless the Lord of the mighty ones and the King of the universe. 4At that moment the Watchers were calling me. And they said to me, “Enoch, scribe of righteousness, go and make known to the Watchers of heaven who have abandoned the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, as their…
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