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Translated by R. H. CharlesThe Book of JubileesSacred wisdom
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The Book of Jubilees

Historical edition · 1917 · 53,148 words

An ancient retelling of biblical beginnings organized around sacred cycles of time. Angels, revelation, ritual calendars, and the hidden pattern of history shape its account of creation and the patriarchs.

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THIS is the history of the division of the days of the law and of the testimony, of the events of the years, of their (year) weeks, of their jubilees throughout all the years of the world, as the Lord spake to Moses on Mount Sinai when he went up to receive the tables of the law and of the commandment, according to the voice of God as He said unto him, "Go up to the top of the Mount.")

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