3 Enoch

When the ministering angels say '' Holy" before the Holy One, 3-3 emendated. AE both omit ‘fire’ 4-4 emendated. A: ‘fall upon three times’ E: ‘fall upon their faces’ also means the Divine Majesty. The "Ophannim, Kerubim, Chayyoth and Seraphim are the four classes of Merkaba-angels, described in the angelological section, chh. xx-xxii, xxv, xxvi. Cf. also ch. vi. 2. The term used is ‘(’Esh) ’Okela, used ch. xlii. 3 asa Divine Name. the fiery armies and the flaming hosts. The attributes prob- ably only convey the fiery substance of the angels. Cf. Alph. Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever. This is then the form of the response to the ‘Holy, Holy, Holy...’ according to the present chapter. Ch. i. 13 has the regular response: ‘Blessed be the glory of H’ from His place. The present response is a glorification of God as King, of the Kingdom of Heaven, a form implied by ch. xxxv. 6. blessed be He, in the proper way, then the servants of His Throne, ‘the attendants of His Glory,” go forth with great mirth from under the Throne of Glory.