1
A voice came from the midst of the fire: 'Avraham, Avraham.' I answered, 'Here I am.'
2
He said, 'Consider the expanses beneath the firmament where you stand, and understand that upon no expanse is there another like the One you sought and who loved you.'
3
The expanses opened beneath me. Upon the seventh expanse I saw a widely extended fire, the light of life, the dew by which Elohim awakens the dead, the ruachot of the departed righteous, the ruachot of beings not yet born, Judgment and …
4
Looking downward toward the sixth expanse, I saw a multitude of incorporeal messengers of pure ruach carrying out the commands of those above them. No other formed powers were there.
5
The sixth expanse was removed from my sight, and upon the fifth I saw the powers of the stars carrying out their appointed commands, while the elements of the earth obeyed them.