1 And on the third day at the time of the evening the elders of the people spake to Methusalam saying: ‘Stand before the face [glory] of the Lord, and before the face of all the people, and before the face of the altar of the Lord, and thou shalt be glorified among the people.’ 2. And Methusalam answered his people: ‘Wait, O men, until the Lord GOD of my father Enoch—shall Himself raise up to Himself, a priest over His people.’ 3. And the people waited yet a night to no purpose on the place Akhuzan. 4. And Methusalam was near the altar, and prayed to the Lord and said, ‘Oh! only Lord of all the world, who hast taken my father Enoch, do Thou raise up a priest for Thy people, and teach their hearts to fear Thy glory, and to do all according to Thy will.’ 5. And Methusalam slept, and [the angel of] the Lord appeared to him in a nightly vision, and said to him: “Listen, Methusalam, I am the Lord GOD of thy father Enoch, hear the voice of this people, and stand before My altar and I will glorify thee before the face of all the people, and thou shalt be glorified all the days of thy life.” 6. And Methusalam arose from his sleep, and blessed the Lord who had [spoken] to him. 7. And the elders of the people hastened to Methusalam and the Lord GOD inclined the heart of Methusalam to hear the voice of the people, and he said: ‘The Lord GOD gives His blessing upon all these people before my eyes to-day. (May the Lord your GOD) do what is a good thing in His eyes to this people.’ 8. And Sarsan and Kharmis, and Zazus, the elders of the people hastened and clothed Methusalam in beautiful garments and placed a bright crown on his head. 9. And the people hastened, and brought sheep and cattle and of birds all that was known (to be proper for) Methusalam to sacrifice [for GOD’s sake] before the face [glory] of the Lord, and in the name (before the face) of the people. 10. And Methusalam went out to the altar of the Lord, and his face shone like the sun, as it is rising in the day, and all the people were following after him. 11. And Methusalam stood before the altar of the Lord, and all the people stood round the altar. 12. And the elders of the people took sheep, and oxen, and bound their four feet, and laid them on the top of the altar, and said to Methusalam: 13. ‘Lift the knife and kill them according to the proper way before the face [glory] of the Lord.’ 14. And Methusalam stretched out his hands to the heavens and called to the Lord, saying thus: ‘Woe is me, O Lord! who am I to stand at the head of Thy altar and at the head of these people. 15. Now, Lord, look down on Thy servant and on all these people. Now let all the things sought for happen and give a blessing to Thy servant before the face of all the people, that they may understand that Thou hast appointed a priest over Thy people.’ 16. And it came to pass that when Methusalam had prayed, the altar shook, and a knife rose from the altar, and leaped into the hand of Methusalam before the face of all the people. And the people trembled, and glorified the Lord. 17. And Methusalam was honoured before the face [glory] of the Lord, and before the face of all the people from that day. 18. And Methusalam took the knife, and killed every thing that was brought by the people. And they rejoiced, and were merry before the face [glory] of the Lord and before the face of Methusalam on that day. 19. And afterwards the people departed each to his own house.