punishment described in 10:6, 13. The special mention of this judgment of the stars underscores the importance of the events described in chaps. 86–88. The second group to be judged and condemned are the seventy shepherds. Different from the rebel watchers, who were brought to the Judge by the seven angels who previously interacted with them, the seventy are brought to the Judge by the angelic scribe who recorded their deeds (89:62–64, 68–71, 76–77; 90:14–70) rather than by all seven “white ones,”
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