3 Enoch (Hebrew Enoch) 18
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Rabbi Ishmael said: Metatron showed me the spirits of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the rest of the righteous whom He had raised from their graves, and who had ascended to heaven. And they were all praying before the Holy One, blessed be He.
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And there was a voice going forth from the Throne of Glory and saying: My sons, my beloved servants, fulfil the time for the redemption of my children from among the nations of the world.