1 Enoch 90:1

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And I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds undertook the pasturing (of the sheep), and they severally completed their periods as did the first; and others received them into their hands, to pasture them for their period, each shepherd in his own period.As the twelve had fulfilled their times, so did the rest of the thirty-five.All the MSS. are corrupt, qt, β-ky read 'thirty-seven' (corrupted further in qu). In xc. 5 at the close of the third period the three periods are summed up as (12+)23+23=58.Here we have the transition to the Greek period, i.e. from Alexander to the establishment (expected) of the Messianic kingdom. This period has two divisions: (1) twenty-three shepherds of the Graeco-Egyptian rule of Palestine, 330-200; (2) twelve shepherds of Graeco-Syrian rule from 200 till about 140 or 130.