“ Enoch xx. 5 and possibly Mal. iii. 1) , and as such he naturally appears in Jewish theosophy as the greatest of all angels, the first of the four (or seven) who surround the throne of God, and the antagonist of Sammael, the enemy of God. He holds the secret of the mighty “word” by which God created heaven and earth (Enoch lxix. 14) , and was “the angel who spoke to Moses in the Mount” (Acts vii. 38) . ”