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Revelations of Moses
2. In that hour when God said unto him: “Go and bring out the children of Israel from Egypt, for I have heard their groaning, and I remembered the covenant, and the oath I swore to Abraham my servant.” Moses said: “O Lord of the Universe, who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?”. God said: “Thou hast humbled thyself in saying ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?’ but I will honour thee [as it is said: ‘He that is of lowly spirit shall obtain honour’, and I will give the whole of Egypt into thy hands, and I will bring thee up even near to my throne of glory; and I will shew thee the angels of the Heaven.” Thereupon God commanded Metatron, the angel of his presence (of the face), and said unto him: “Go and bring Moses with harps, and pipes, and drums, and dances, with joy, and songs, and praises.”
3. And Metatron answered and said: “O Lord of the Universe, Moses is not able to come up and see the angels, for there are angels who are of fire and he is only of flesh and blood.”
4. God said: “Go and change his flesh (body) into fire.” And Metatron went to Moses.
5. When Moses beheld Metatron he trembled with fear, and said to him: “Who art thou?”
6. And he answered: “I am Enoch the son of Jared, thy father’s father. The Almighty hath sent me to bring thee up to his throne of glory.”[1]
7. Moses said: “I am only flesh and blood, and cannot look upon the angels.” And Metatron changed Moses’ tongue into a tongue of fire, and his eyes he made like the wheels of the heavenly chariot, and his power like unto that of the angels, and his tongue like a flame, and brought him up to heaven. 15,000 angels were on the right hand, and 15,000 on the left, Metatron and Moses in the middle. In this way was Moses carried up to heaven.[2]
