Second Baruch

And the fourth bright waters which you saw:

this is the coming of Moses and of Aaron

and of Miriam,

and of Joshua son of Nun, and of Caleb,

and of all those who are like them.

For at that time the lamp of the eternal law

shone

upon all those who were sitting

were

in darkness,

to make known to those who believe

the promise

of their reward,

and to those who deny, the torment of fire which is reserved for them.

Moreover, the heavens also at that time were shaken from their place,

and the things under the throne of the Mighty One were moved,

when he held Moses with him.

For he showed him many splendors, together with the ways

of the laws

and the end

of the times,

even as also to you;

and furthermore the likeness

of Zion

and its measurements,

which was to be made,

and the pattern

of the house

of the sanctuary

of the present time.

Moreover, also at that time

he showed him

the measurements of the fire,

and the depths of the abyss,

and the weight of the winds,

and the number of the drops of rain,

and the restraint of wrath,

and the abundance

of longsuffering,

and the truth of judgment,

and the root of wisdom,

and the riches of understanding,

and the fountain of knowledge,

and the height of the air,

and the greatness of Paradise,

and the consummation of the ages,

and the beginning of the Day of Judgment,

and the number of the offerings,

and the worlds which have not yet come,

and the mouth of Gehenna,

and the station of vengeance,

and the place of faith,

and the region of hope.

And the likeness

of the torment to come,

and the multitude

of angels without number,

and the hosts

of flame,

and the brilliance of the lightnings,

and the voice of the thunders,

and the ranks

of the chiefs

of the angels,

and the treasuries of light,

and the changes of the times,

and the investigations of the Law.

These are the waters,

the fourth

and bright, which you saw.