The Fourth Heaven.
1 And when I had learnt all these things from the archangel, he took and led me into a fourth
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3 heaven. And I saw a monotonous plain, and in the middle of it a pool of water. And there were in it multitudes of birds of all kinds, but not like those here on earth. But I saw a crane as great as
4 great oxen; and all the birds were great beyond those in the world. And I asked the angel, What
5 is the plain, and what the pool, and what the multitudes of birds around it And the angel said, Listen, Baruch : The plain which contains in it the pool and other wonders is the place where the
6 souls of the righteous come, when they hold converse, living together in choirs. But the water is
7 that which the clouds receive, and rain upon the earth, and the fruits increase. And I said again to the angel of the Lord, But (what) are these birds And he said to me, They are those which
8 continually sing praise to the Lord. And I said, Lord, and how do men say that the water which
9 descends in rain is from the sea And the angel said, The water which descends in rain-this also is from the sea, and from the waters upon earth; but that which stimulates the fruits is (only) from
10 the latter source. Know therefore henceforth that from this source is what is called the dew of heaven.