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The Book of Enoch · 34 of 109

Chapter XXXIV. Enoch’s Journey to the North

1.And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and glorious device at the ends of the whole earth.

2.And here I saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each of them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold, hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain.

3.And out of one portal they blow for good: but when they blow through the other two portals, it is with violence and affliction on the earth, and they blow with violence.

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Why are there three heaven portals with different north winds in this chapter?

Enoch travels to the earth’s north and sees “three portals of heaven” that each release north winds; the chapter describes their tangible effects: one brings good and two bring “violence and affliction on the earth.” The scene maps moral and meteorological order together, making cosmic openings the source of specific kinds of weather and consequence.

This arrangement echoes other Jewish apocalyptic imagery where cosmology assigns moral valence to directions and gates, as in parts of Ezekiel where visions link heavens, doors, and outcomes. The chapter demonstrates how Enoch reads natural phenomena as ordained structure: each portal produces a distinct, named result that shapes life below.

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