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title: "The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (2 Enoch)"
author: "Enoch (attributed)"
translator: "W. R. Morfill; edited by R. H. Charles"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Hidden books"
section: 17 of 70
url: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/17/
cite: "Enoch (attributed), tr. W. R. Morfill; edited by R. H. Charles, The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (2 Enoch), section 17. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/17/"
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# The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (2 Enoch)

*Enoch (attributed), tr. W. R. Morfill; edited by R. H. Charles*

The Slavonic Enoch: ten heavens, and a closing fragment on the birth of Melchizedek.

## 17. Chapter 16

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/17/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/17/#p-N

### Lhe Creatures of the Sun; the Phoenixes and Chalkidri sang

[¶1] 1 Then sang the creatures 8 called the Phoenixes and the Chalkidri. On this account every bird claps its wings, rejoicing at the giver of light, and they sang a song at the command of the Lord.

[¶2] 2 The giver of light comes to give his brightness to the whole world’.. And they showed me the calculation of the going of the sun. And the gates by which he enters and goes out are great gates, which God made for the computation of the year.

[¶3] 4 On this account the sun is great,