Apocrypha · Chapter 33 of 48
Hebrew
Rabbi Ishmael said: I asked Metatron: How many heavens are there?
2And he showed me seven heavens, one above the other.
3The first heaven is Vilon, behind which the sun hides at night.
4The second is Rakia, where are the sun and the moon and the stars.
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A text of Jewish mysticism in which Enoch is transformed into the angel Metatron and describes the heavenly court from the inside. The basis of the chariot (Merkabah) literature.