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Testament of Abraham

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Section 12

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XII. While he was yet saying these things to me, behold two

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angels

,

fiery

in

aspect

,

and

pitiless

in

mind

,

and

severe

in

look

,

and

they

drove

on

thousands

of

souls

,

pitilessly

lashing

them

with

fiery

thongs

.

The

angel

laid

hold

of

one

soul

,

and

they

drove

all

the

souls

in

at

the

broad

gate

to

destruction

.

So

we

also

went

along

with

the

angels

,

and

came

within

that

broad

gate

,

and

between

the

two

gates

stood

a

throne

terrible

of

aspect

,

of

terrible

crystal

,

gleaming

as

fire

,

and

upon

it

sat

a

wondrous

man

bright

as

the

sun

,

like

to

the

Son

of

God

.

Before

him

stood

a

table

like

crystal

,

all

of

gold

and

fine

linen

,

and

upon

the

table

there

was

lying

a

book

,

the

thickness

of

it

six

cubits

,

and

the

breadth

of

it

ten

cubits

,

and

on

the

right

and

left

of

it

stood

two

angels

holding

paper

and

ink

and

pen

.

Before

the

table

sat

an

angel

of

light

,

holding

in

his

hand

a

balance

,

and

on

his

left

sat

an

angel

all

fiery

,

pitiless

,

and

severe

,

holding

in

his

hand

a

trumpet

,

having

within

it

all

-

consuming

fire

with

which

to

try

the

sinners

.

The

wondrous

man

who

sat

upon

the

throne

himself

judged

and

sentenced

the

souls

,

and

the

two

angels

on

the

right

and

on

the

left

wrote

down

,

the

one

on

the

right

the

righteousness

and

the

one

on

the

left

the

wickedness

.

The

one

before

the

table

,

who

held

the

balance

,

weighed

the

souls

,

and

the

fiery

angel

,

who

held

the

fire

,

tried

the

souls

.

And

Abraham

asked

the

chief

-

captain

Michael

,

What

is

this

that

we

behold

?

And

the

chief

-

captain

said

,

These

things

that

thou

seest

,

holy

Abraham

,

are

the

judgment

and

recompense

.

And

behold

the

angel

holding

the

soul

in

his

hand

,

and

he

brought

it

before

the

judge

,

and

the

judge

said

to

one

of

the

angels

that

served

him

,

Open

me

this

book

,

and

find

me

the

sins

of

this

soul

.

And

opening

the

book

he

found

its

sins

and

its

righteousness

equally

balanced

,

and

he

neither

gave

it

to

the

tormentors

,

nor

to

those

that

were

saved

,

but

set

it

in

the

midst

.