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10. And these are the names of those who lead them, who watch =that
they= enter at their times, in their orders, in their seasons, in their
months, in their periods of dominion, and in their positions. 11. Their
four leaders who divide the four parts of the year enter first; and
after them the twelve leaders of the orders who divide the months; and
for the three hundred and sixty (days) there are heads over thousands
who divide the days; and for the four intercalary days there are the
leaders which sunder the four parts of the year. 12. And these heads
over thousands are intercalated between leader and leader, each behind a
station, but their leaders make the division. 13. And these are the
names of the leaders who divide the four parts of the year which are
ordained: Mîlkî’êl, Hel’emmêlêk, and Mêl’êjal, and Nârêl. 14. And the
names of those who lead them: Adnâr’êl, and Îjâsûsa’êl, and
‘Elômê’êl—these three follow the leaders of the orders, and there is one
that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those leaders
of stations that divide the four parts of the year.
15. In the beginning of the year Melkejâl rises first and rules, who is
named †Tam’âinî, and sun† and all the days of his dominion whilst he
bears rule are ninety-one days. 16. And these are the signs of the days
which are to be seen on earth in the days of his dominion: sweat, and
heat, and calms; and all the trees bear fruit, and leaves are produced
on all the trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the rose-flowers, and
all the flowers which come forth in the field, but the trees of the
winter season become withered. 17. And these are the names of the
leaders which are under them: Berka’êl, Zêlebs’êl, and another who is
added a head of a thousand, called Hîlûjâsěph: and the days of the
dominion of this (leader) are at an end.
18. The next leader after him is Hêl’emmêlêk, whom one names the shining
sun, and all the days of his light are ninety-one days. 19. And these
are the signs of (his) days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness, and
the trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and
ready, and the sheep pair and become pregnant, and all the fruits of the
earth are gathered in, and everything that is in the fields, and the
winepress: these things take place in the days of his dominion. 20.
These are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of those heads of
thousands: Gîdâ’îjal, Kê’êl, and Hê’êl, and the name of the head of a
thousand which is added to them, Asfâ’êl’: and the days of his dominion
are at an end.
THE DREAM-VISIONS. (LXXXIII-XC.)
LXXXIII. LXXXIV. _First Dream-Vision on the Deluge._
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