People’s Open Bible
1 Enoch 25
Fragrant Tree Forbidden Until Judgment
Open in the reader →1And he said to me, “Enoch, why do you ask about the fragrance of this tree, and inquire so that you may know?”
2At that time I, Enoch, answered him, saying, “I desire to know about everything, but especially about this tree.”
3And he answered me, saying, “This high mountain that you have seen, whose summit is like the throne of the Lord, is his throne, where the Holy and Great One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will dwell when he comes down to visit the earth with goodness.”
4And this fragrant tree—no flesh has authority to touch it until the great judgment, when all will be avenged and brought to completion forever; then it will be given to the righteous and the humble.
5From its fruit life shall be given to the chosen ones, and it shall be planted toward the north, upon...
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