THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF ENOCH.

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 III.

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 VII.

 VIII.

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 XI.

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 XIII.

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 XV.

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 XVIII.

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 XXIII.

 XXIV.

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 XXVII.

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 XXX.

 XXXI.

 XXXII.

 XXXIII.

 XXXIV.

 XXXV.

 XXXVI.

 XXXVII.

 XXXVIII.

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 XLI.

 XLII.

 XLIII.

 XLIV.

 XLV.

 XLVI.

 XLVII.

 XLVIII.

 XLIX.

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 LIII.

 LIV.

 LV.

 LVI.

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 LVIII.

 LIX.

 LX.

 LXI.

 LXII.

 LXIII.

 XLIV.

 LXV.

 LXVI.

 LXVII.

 LXVIII.

XLIX.

Enoch instructs his sons not to swear either by heaven or earth, and shows God's promise, even in the mother's womb .

I SWEAR to you, my children, but I swear not by any oath, neither by heaven nor by earth, nor by any other creature which God created.

2 The Lord said: 'There is no oath in me, nor injustice, but truth.'

3 If there is no truth in men, let them swear by the words 'yea, yea,' or else, 'nay, nay!

4 And I swear to you, yea, yea, that there has been no man in his mother's womb, but that already before, even to each one there is a place prepared for the repose of the soul, and a measure

fixed how much it is intended that a man be tried in this world.

5 Yea, children, deceive not yourselves, for there has been previously prepared a place for every soul of man.