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And it came to pass when the sun was setting, and behold a smoke like that of a furnace, and the angels who had the divided portions of the sacrifice ascended 16.
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And it came to pass when the sun went down, behold there was the smoke as of a furnace.
3
And the angels who had the portions of the sacrifice ascended from the top of the smoking furnace.
4
And the angel took me with his right hand and set me upon the right wing of the pigeon, and set himself on the left wing of the turtle dove, neither of which birds had been slaughtered, and he bore me to the borders of the flaming fire, and we ascended upon many winds to the heavens which were above the firmament.
5
And I saw in the air on the heights to which we ascended, a strong light impossible to describe, and within the light a fiercely burning fire of people, many people, of male appearance, all constantly changing in aspect and form, running and being transformed, and worshipping and crying with a sound of words that I could not recognise. 2. from the top of the furnace of smoke.
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And the angel took me with his right hand and set me on the right wing of the pigeon and he himself sat on the left wing of 3. the turtledove, (both of) which were as of neither slaughtered nor divided.
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And 4. he carried me up to the edge of the fiery flames.
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And we ascended as if (carried) 5. by many winds to the heaven that is fixed on the expanses.
9
And I saw on the air 6. to whose height we had ascended a strong light which can not be described And behold, in this light a fiery Gehenna was enkindled, and a great crowd in the 7. likeness of men.
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They all were changing in aspect and shape, running and changing form and prostrating themselves and crying words I did not know.