1 Enoch 74:7
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And when the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns back again in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the first portal in eight days.
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Reckoning That Will Not Bend
Enoch records the moon's monthly course as shown to him by the angel Uriel, tracking how many days her light takes to fill and empty through each portal. Over three, five, and eight-year spans he works out exactly how far the moon falls behind the sun and stars: thirty days in five years. He states that the sun and stars complete the year "with perfect justice in 364 days," never advancing or delaying "by a single day unto eternity."
- Genesis 1:14 : The luminaries set "for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years" is the mandate this chapter's calendar arithmetic is trying to work out precisely.
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.