The Holy Scripture
Chapter XLI
Come and behold the En by which the heaven and the earth were created, ?the letters by which were created the mountains and hills, the letters by which were created the seas and rivers, the letters by which were created the trees and herbs, the letters by which were created the planets and the constellations, ?the letters by which were created the globe of the moon and the globe of the sun, Orion, the Pleiades and all the different luminaries of Ragia.
* the letters by which were created the Throne of Glory and the Wheels of the Merkaba, 1 &: ‘I will show thee’ Cf. the opening words of the following chapters. 2-2 E om. 3 E ins.: 'the letters by which were created the ministering angels; the letters by which were created the Seraphim and the Chayyoth’ In ch. xlvi. 4 this passage is used with reference to the renewal of the planets (stars) in the time to come. the letters by which were created the necessities of the worlds,
the letters by which were created wisdom, understanding, know- ledge, prudence, meekness and righteousness by which the whole world is sustained.
And I walked by his side and he took me by his hand and raised me upon his wings and showed me ‘those letters, all of themë, that are graven with a flaming style on the Throne of Glory: and sparks go forth from them and cover all the chambers of ' Araboth.