Commentary on
The Book of Jasher
Chapter 3:31-38.

Text
III:31. And all the sons of men assembled and came to Enoch that day; and all the kings of the
          earth with their princes and counselors remained with him that day; and Enoch then taught
          the sons of men
wisdom and knowledge, and gave them divine instruction; and he bade them
          serve
Yehuveh and walk in His ways all the days of their lives, and he continued to make
          peace amongst them.
III:32. And it was after this that he rose up and rode upon the horse; and he went forth and all the
          sons of men went after him, about eight hundred thousand men; and they went with him one
          day’s journey.
III:33. And the second day he said to them, Return home to your tents, why will you go? Perhaps
          you may die; and some of them went from him, and those that remained went with him six
          day’s journey; and Enoch said to them every day, Return to your tents, lest you may die; but
          they were not willing to return, and they went with him.
III:34. And on the sixth day some of the men remained and clung to him, and they said to him, We
          will go with thee to the place where thou goest; as Yehuveh liveth, death only shall separate us.
III:35. And they urged so much to go with him, that he ceased speaking to them; and they went
          after him and would not return;
III:36. And when the kings returned they caused a census to be taken, in order to know the
          number of remaining men that went with Enoch; and it was upon the seventh day that
         
Enoch ascended into heaven in a whirlwind, with horses and chariots of fire.
III:37. And on the eighth day all the kings that had been with Enoch sent to bring back the number
          of men that were with Enoch, in that place from which he ascended into heaven.
III:38. And all those kings went to the place and they found the earth there filled with snow, and
          upon the snow were large stones of snow, and one said to the other, Come, let us break
          through the snow and see, perhaps the men that remained with Enoch are dead, and are
          now under the stones of snow, and they searched but could not find him, for he had ascended
          into heaven.

Commentary

Commentary on Jasher III:31
(25 February 2009): 


Gael Bataman
Originally Written:       25 February 2009
Latest Update:           25 February 2009


  
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