3 Enoch Chapter 27: Modernized English & Source Wording
The Hebrew Book · Lightly modernized English
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Rabbi Ishmael said: Metatron, the Angel of H’, the Prince of the Presence, said to me:
1 Above the Seraphim there is one prince, exalted above all the princes, wondrous more than all the servants. His name is RADWERIEL H' who is appointed over the treasuries of the books.
2 He fetches forth the Case of Writings (with) the Book of Records in it, and brings it before the Holy One, blessed be he. And he breaks the seals of the case, opens it, takes out the books and delivers them before the Holy One, blessed be he. And the Holy One, blessed be he, receives them of his hand and gives them in his sight to the Scribes, that they may read them in the Great Beth Din (The court of justice) in the height of 'Araboth Raqia', before the heavenly household.
3 And why is he called RADWERIEL? Because out of every word that goes out from his mouth an angel is created: and he stands in the songs (in the singing company) of the serving angels and utters a song before the Holy One, blessed be he when the time draws near for the recitation of the (Thrice) Holy.
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Hugo Odeberg, 3 Enoch or the Hebrew Book of Enoch (1928). Translation-only transcription hosted by Cleartext Editions; checked against the 1928 scan. Includes 15B, 22B–C, and 48A–D. Scholarly footnotes are not reproduced. This reading edition lightly modernizes historical English; source wording remains available.