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The Hebrew Bible reports that angels appeared to each of the Patriarchs, to Moses, Joshua, and numerous other figures. They appear to Hagar in Genesis 16:9, to Lot in Genesis 19:1, and to Abraham in Genesis 22:11, they ascend and descend Jacob's Ladder in Genesis 28:12 and appear to Jacob again in Genesis 31:11–13.
In the Testament of Judah, Judah states that he has received blessing from the Angel of the Presence. [12] The Second Book of Enoch identifies Uriel as the Angel of the Presence or else as one of the Angels of the Presence. [13] In the Book of Jubilees, angels of the presence and angels of Sanctification are the two highest orders of angels. [14]
Zadkiel (Hebrew: צִדְקִיאֵל Ṣīḏqīʾēl, 'God is my Righteousness'), also known as Hasdiel, [a] is an archangel in Jewish and Christian angelology. Abraham sacrifice [ edit ]
Mi-ka-el (Hebrew), Mikhail (Arabic), Saint Michael the Archangel Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Yazdânism, Bahai faith: Archangel, Cherubim, one of the seraph [14] Second Command of Military (in Islam), Angel of Mercy (in Islam), Leader and General of The Heavenly Host (in Judaism and Christianity); Angel of Death (in Catholicism), God's Right Hand
The rendering of ángelos is the Septuagint's default translation of the Biblical Hebrew term malʼākh, denoting simply "messenger" without connoting its nature. In the Latin Vulgate, this meaning becomes bifurcated: when malʼākh or ángelos is supposed to denote a human messenger, words like nuntius or legatus are applied.
The Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint [4] translates the Hebrew phrase מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה as ἄγγελος Κυρίου, "angel of the Lord" or as ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου, "the angel of the Lord". "Owing to the Hebrew idiom, this may mean no more than 'an angel of God', and the Septuagint ...
Rabbi Idith uses the same passage Exodus 23:21 to show that Metatron was an angel and not a deity and thus should not be worshiped. Furthermore, as an angel, Metatron has no power to pardon transgressions nor was he to be received even as a messenger of forgiveness. [43] [44] In Avodah Zarah 3b, the Talmud hypothesizes as to how God spends his day.
Depiction of the Commander of the Lord's Army in Joshua 5, by Ferdinand Bol, 1642.. In the Hebrew Bible, the name Yahweh and the title Elohim (literally 'gods' or 'godhood', usually rendered as 'God' in English translations) frequently occur with the word tzevaot or sabaoth ("hosts" or "armies", Hebrew: צבאות) as YHWH Elohe Tzevaot ("YHWH God of Hosts"), Elohe Tzevaot ("God of Hosts ...