1 Enoch 75

And the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed over the whole creation and over all the stars, have also to do with the four intercalary days, being inseparable from their office, according to the reckoning of the year, and these render service on the four days which are not reckoned in the reckoning of the year.

And at the extremities of the earth I beheld twelve gates open for all the winds, from which they proceed and blow over the earth.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

And owing to them men go wrong therein, for those luminaries truly render service on the world-stations, one in the first portal, one in the third portal of the heaven, one in the fourth portal, and one in the sixth portal, and the exactness of the year is accomplished through its separate three hundred and sixty-four stations.

Three of them are open in the front of heaven, three in the west, three on the right side of heaven, and three on the left. The first three are those which are towards the east, three are towards the north, three behind those which are upon the left, towards the south, and three on the west.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

For the signs and the times and the years and the days the angel Uriel showed to me, whom the Lord of glory hath set for ever over all the luminaries of the heaven, in the heaven and in the world, that they should rule on the face of the heaven and be seen on the earth, and be leaders for the day and the night, i.e. the sun, moon, and stars, and all the ministering creatures which make their revolution in all the chariots of the heaven.

From four of them proceed winds of blessing, and of health; and from eight proceed winds of punishment; when they are sent to destroy the earth, and the heaven above it, all its inhabitants, and all which are in the waters, or on dry land.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

In like manner twelve doors Uriel showed me, open in the circumference of the sun's chariot in the heaven, through which the rays of the sun break forth: and from them is warmth diffused over the earth, when they are opened at their appointed seasons.

The first of these winds proceeds from the gate termed the eastern, through the first gate on the east, which inclines southwards. From this goes forth destruction, drought, heat, and perdition.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

[And for the winds and the spirit of the dew† when they are opened, standing open in the heavens at the ends.]

From the second gate, the middle one, proceeds equity. There issue from it rain, fruitfulness, health, and dew; and from the third gate northwards, proceed cold and drought.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

As for the twelve portals in the heaven, at the ends of the earth, out of which go forth the sun, moon, and stars, and all the works of heaven in the east and in the west.

After these proceed the south winds through three principal gates; through their first gate, which inclines eastwards, proceeds a hot wind.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

There are many windows open to the left and right of them, and one window at its (appointed) season produces warmth, corresponding (as these do) to those doors from which the stars come forth according as He has commanded them, and wherein they set corresponding to their number.

But from the middle gate proceed grateful odour, dew, rain, health, and life.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

And I saw chariots in the heaven, running in the world, above those portals in which revolve the stars that never set.

From the third gate, which is westwards, proceed dew, rain, blight, and destruction.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

And one is larger than all the rest, and it is that that makes its course through the entire world.

After these are the winds to the north, which is called the sea. *They proceed* from three gates. The first [^l1] gate *is that* which is on the east, inclining southwards; from this proceed dew, rain, blight, and destruction. From the middle direct gate proceed rain, dew, life, and health. And from the third gate, which is westwards, inclining towards the south, [^l2] proceed mist, frost, snow, rain, dew, and blight.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

After these *in the* fourth *quarter* are the winds to the west. From the first gate, inclining northwards, proceed dew, rain, frost, cold, snow, and chill; from the middle gate proceed rain, health, and blessing;

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

And from the last gate, which is southwards, proceed drought, destruction, scorching, and perdition.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

The *account of the* twelve gates of the four quarters of heaven is ended.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

All their laws, all their *infliction* of punishment, and the health *produced* by them, have I explained to thee, my son Mathusala.

(not present in Schodde 1882)