3 Enoch The Third Book of Enoch (), also known as The Book of the Palaces, The Book of Rabbi Ishmael the High Priest and The Elevation of Metatron, and abbreviated as 3 Enoch) is a Jewish apocrypha, Jewish apocryphal book. Authorship Modern scholars desc ...

, the Song-Uttering Choirs are a collective class of

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s who frequently sing the

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and reside in Makon, the 5th

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, alongside the

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. If any of these angels fail to perform the Trisagion at the right time, they are consumed by fire. They are all under the direction of Tagas (תגעץ), the angel of music. The twelve orders of angels, which are said to belong to this class, are listed as follows: *The Shalishim Davidson. "Sallisim" pg. 254 (שָֽׁלִישִׁים) - the "Captains", the "Adjutants". *The Parashim Davidson. "Parasim", pg. 220 (פָּרָשִׁים) - the "Horsemen". *The Gibborim Davidson. "Gibborim", pg.124 (גִּבּוֺרִים) - the "Mighty Ones", the "Champions", the "Warriors". *The Tseba'im Davidson. "Seba'im" pg. 263 (''Tzeva'im'', צְבָאִים) or Tseba'oth (''Tzeva'ot'', צְבָאוֺת) - the "

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", the "Multitudes". *The Gedudim Davidson. "Gedudim", pg. 123 (גְּדוּדִים) - the "Troops", the "Raiders". *The Memunim Davidson. "Memuneh", pg. 189 (מְמֻנִּים) - the "Appointed Ones", the "Deputies". *The Sarim Davidson. "Sarim" pg. 260 (שָׂרִים) - the "Princes", the "Commanders", the "Chieftains". *The Chayalim Davidson. "Chaylim", pg.85 (חֲיָלִים) - the "Armies", the "Soldiers". *The Mesharethim Davidson. "Mesarepim", pg. 191 (''Mesharetim'', מְשָׁרְתִים) - the "Servants", the "Ministers". *The Malakhim Davidson. "Malakim" pg. 254 (מַלְאָכִים) - the "Messengers", the "Kings". *The Degalim Davidson. "Degalim", pg. 95 (דְגָלִים) - the "Divisions", the "Battalions", the "Standards". *The Sabalim Davidson. "Sebalim" pg. 263 (''Sabbalim'', סַבָּלִים) - the "Transporters", the "Bearers of Burdens".Odeberg. "Chapter XIX", pgs. 66-70

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*Davidson, Gustav. ''A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels''. Free Press. 1971. *Odeberg, Hugo. ''3 Enoch, or The Hebrew Book of Enoch''. Cambridge University Press. 1928. Classes of angels Book of Enoch