The Book of Enoch, Chapter 75 summary
Chapter 75 of 108 · 2 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 75, the narrator explains that four added days belong to the year's count but not the months, completing a year of 364 stations. Uriel shows the narrator heavenly doors, gates, windows, and chariots, presenting the movement of the lights and the release of warmth as an ordered system under divine command.
What happens
- Heavenly leaders oversee four added days, whose place outside the monthly count causes people to miscalculate the year.
- The narrator credits Uriel, appointed by the Lord of glory, with revealing the heavenly lights and their times.
- Uriel shows twelve doors around the sun's chariot, along with openings for winds and dew.
- The narrator sees twelve gates for heavenly bodies and windows that release warmth at appointed seasons.
- The narrator sees chariots carrying stars that never set, including one larger chariot that travels throughout the world.
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The key line
“The exactness of the year is completed through its three hundred and sixty-four separate stations.”The narrator
This sentence gives the year's stated total and anchors the explanation of the four days counted outside the months.
Quick check
How are the four added days counted?
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