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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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24 INTRODUCTION<br />

• . the sun], the moon, and the stars [. .. shine] above [the earth. Do you<br />

not shine as the sun and as] the moon ? [If] your light is obscured [through<br />

impiety, what will all] the [peoples do] ? Did not <strong>Enoch</strong> accuse [...]? And<br />

with whom will the blame lie, [if] not with me and with you, my sons ?'<br />

<strong>The</strong> restoration at line 4 is given only exempli gratia.<br />

At lines 6-7 <strong>of</strong> this passage there was certainly an allusion to the accusations<br />

made by the patriarch against the Watchers (En. 13-16), who were responsible<br />

for the evil which had spread among men (En. 13: 2 and 16: 3). <strong>The</strong> priests<br />

are likened to the angels, both groups being upholders <strong>of</strong> wisdom and <strong>of</strong> the<br />

true cult <strong>of</strong> God; the corruption <strong>of</strong> man is due to the corruption <strong>of</strong> the two<br />

groups. <strong>The</strong> word at the beginning <strong>of</strong> line 7 was made up <strong>of</strong> five letters<br />

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