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A dark-curled observer questions a veiled companion beneath distant cord-bearing figures.
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1 Enoch 61:2

Why the cords are carried

Cords, Judgment and the United Voice of Praise · 1 Enoch 61

Story guide: The question is evoked by posture, not invented lettering. The accompanying angel is unnamed; measuring does not become a human-worth score.

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2And I asked the angel, saying, “Why have they taken these cords and gone?” And he said to me, “They have gone so that they may measure.”

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