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And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those mal’akhiym, and they took to themselves wings and flew, and they went towards the north.
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And I asked the mal’akh, saying to him: ‘Why have those (mal’akhiym) taken these cords and gone off?’ And he said to me: ‘They have gone to measure.’
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And the mal’akh who went with me said to me: ‘These shall bring the measures of the righteous, And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous, That they may stay themselves on the name of the Sovereign of Spirits for ever and ever.
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The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect, And those are the measures which shall be given to faith And which shall strengthen righteousness.
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And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths of the earth, And those who have been destroyed by the desert, And those who have been devoured by the beasts, And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea, That they may return and stay themselves On the day of the Chosen One; For none shall be destroyed before the Sovereign of Spirits, And none can be destroyed.
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And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command and power and one voice and one light like to fire.
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And that One (with) their first words they blessed, And extolled and lauded with wisdom, And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.
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And the Sovereign of Spirits placed the Chosen One on the throne of glory. And he shall judge all the works of the set-apart above in the heaven, And in the balance shall their deeds be weighed.
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And when he shall lift up his countenance To judge their secret ways according to the word of the name of the Sovereign of Spirits, And their path according to the way of the righteous judgement of the Sovereign of Spirits, Then shall they all with one voice speak and bless, And glorify and extol and sanctify the name of the Sovereign of Spirits.
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And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all the set-apart ones above, and the host of Elohim, the Cherubin, Seraphin, and Ophannin, and all the mal’akhiym of power, and all the mal’akhiym of principalities, and the Chosen One, and the other powers on the earth (and) over the water. 11. On that day shall they raise one voice, and bless and glorify and exalt in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit of judgement and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and shall all say with one voice: “Blessed is He, and may the name of the Sovereign of Spirits be blessed for ever and ever.”
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All who sleep not above in heaven shall bless Him: All the set-apart ones who are in heaven shall bless him, And all the elect who dwell in the garden of life: And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and extol, and hallow Your blessed name, And all flesh shall beyond measure glorify and bless Your name for ever and ever.
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For great is the mercy of the Sovereign of Spirits, and He is long-suffering, And all His works and all that He has created He has revealed to the righteous and elect, In the name of the Sovereign of Spirits.’