1 Enoch 24

XXIV-XXV. The Seven Mountains in the North-West and the Tree of Life.

1╓And from thence I went to another place of the earth╖, and he showed me a mountain range of fire which burnt ╓day and╖ night.*Enoch has been in the extreme West in xxiii: now he goes to the NW. First he sees a mountain range of fire, and then the seven great mountains, one of which is the throne of God. 2And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: ╓three towards╖ the east, ╓one╖ founded on the other, and three towards the south, ╓one╖ upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which joined with any other. 3And the seventh mountain was in the midst of these, and it excelled them in height, resembling the seat of a throne: and fragrant trees encircled the throne. 4And amongst them was a tree such as I had never yet smelt, neither was any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for ever: and its fruit ╓is beautiful, and its fruit╖ resembles the dates of a palm. 5Then I said: ‘┌How┐ beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its blooms ╓very╖ delightful in appearance.’ 6Then answered Michael, one of the holy ╓and honoured╖ angels who was with me, and was their leader.*Michael, Israel's patron angel, is in charge of these treasures of the Messianic Kingdom. From xx. 7, we should expect Gabriel here.