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...and the RABBI say, "I
saw the King of kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed be he, sitting on a
throne, high and exalted, with his soldiers standing before him, on his
right and on his left. The Prince of the Countenance, Metatron, spoke to
me."
What is the measure of the
statue of the Holy One, blessed be he, concealed from all creatures?
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The soles of his feet
fIll the entire universe; their height is 30 million parasangas.
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From the sole of his
foot to his ankle is 10 million parasangas.
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From his ankles to his
knees is 190 million parasangas.
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From his knees to his
thighs is 120 million parasangas.
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From his thighs to his neck
is 240 million parasangas.
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His neck extends 130 million
parasangas.
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The circumference of his head
is over 3 billion parasangas---something the mouth cannot express, nor the
ear hear.
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His beard is 11,500
parasangas.
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His face and cheeks are like
spirit and soul, which no soul can percieve.
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His body is like aquamarine.
His radiance scintillates, awesome from within the darkness. Dense clouds
surround him. All the angels of the Presence pour themselves out before him
as water pouring from a pitcher.
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His tounge extends from one
end of the universe to the other.
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The width of his forehead is
130 million parasangas; on it are
written seventy letters.
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The black of his right eye is
11,500 parasangas, and so on the left.
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From his right shoulder to
his left shoulder is 160 million parasangas.
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From his right arm to his
left arm 120 million parasangas. His arms are folded.
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The fingers on each of his
hands are 150 million parasangas, each finger 30 million.
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His palms are each 40 million
parasangas.
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His toes are 100 million
parasangas, each one 20 million.
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Therefore he is called 'the
great, mighty, and awesome God
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"But then Metatron told me
how to calculate the parasangs. What is
their measure? Each parasang is three miles, each mile is 10,000 cubits, each
cubit is two spans---measured according to
God's span, which spans the entire universe."
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