1 Enoch 73:4
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the portal where the sun rises.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Moon Measured in Sevenths
A second angelic law follows the sun's: this one governs the smaller light, the moon. Her circumference matches the heaven's own, her chariot rides on the wind, and her light comes to her "in (definite) measure" rather than from herself. She waxes by sevenths, from her first appearance beside the sun's rising portal up to the fullness of her light.
- Genesis 1:16 : God made "two great lights," the greater to rule the day and the lesser the night: the ranking this chapter's moon-law works out in technical detail.
- Psalms 104:19 : "He appointed the moon for seasons" states in one line what this chapter spends eight verses measuring.
Teachers on this ground
R. H. Charles
The Book of Enoch (1917)
The public-domain translation this shelf reads, with the critical introduction the field still builds on.
Johnny Enlow
The Book of Enoch: Paraphrase and Commentary (2025)
A living teacher's paraphrase of the whole book with his own running commentary, from the prophetic stream.