hey raised me up into a certain place, where there was ⁽²⁸⁾ the appearance of a burning fire; and when they pleased they assumed the likeness of men.  (28) Where there was. Or, "where they [the angels] were like" (Knibb, p. 103).  Compare

2. They carried me to a lofty spot, to a mountain, the top of which reach to heaven.     Compare

3. And I beheld the receptacles of light and of thunder at the extremities of the place, where it was deepest. There was a bow of fire, and arrows in their quiver, a sword of fire, and every species of lightning.     Compare

4. Then they elevated me to a babbling stream, ⁽²⁹⁾ and to a fire in the west, which received all the setting of the sun.  (29) To a babbling stream. Literally, "to water of life, which spoke" (Laurence, p. 23).  Compare

5. I came to a river of fire, which flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great sea westwards.     Compare

6. I saw every large river, until I arrived at the great darkness. I went to where all of flesh migrate;     Compare

7. and I beheld the mountains of the gloom which constitutes winter, and the place from which issues the water in every abyss.     Compare

8. I saw also the mouths of all the rivers in the world, and the mouths of the deep.     Compare