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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: 46 of 70
url: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/46/
cite: "Enoch (attributed), tr. W. R. Morfill; edited by R. H. Charles, The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (2 Enoch), section 46. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/46/"
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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.

## 46. Chapter 45

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/46/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-2-morfill-1896/46/#p-N

### God shows that He does not wish Sacrifices from Man, nor Burnt-Offerings, but pure and contrite Hearts

[¶1] 1 He who hastens and brings his offering before the face of the Lord, then the Lord will hasten the aceomplishment of his work, and will execute a just judgement for him.

[¶2] 2 He who increases his lamp before the face of the Lord, the Lord increases greatly his treasure in the heavenly kingdom.

[¶3] 3 God does not require bread, nor a light, nor an animal,

[¶4] 4 But God requires a pure heart, and by means of all this, He tries nor any other sacrifice, for it is as nothing. the heart of man. I-3. [Low an earthly Prince will not receive Gifts from Man which are contemptible and impure. How much more does God loath impure Gifts, and rejects them with Wrath, and will not receive the Gifts of such a Man.)