Apocrypha · Chapter 42 of 48
Hebrew
Rabbi Ishmael said: When I saw all this, my soul nearly left my body.
2Because I could not bear the intensity of the vision.
3But Metatron strengthened me and said: Fear not, servant of the Holy One, blessed be He.
4For you are permitted to see, that you may tell future generations.
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About 3 Enoch
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.