¹And when I had learnt all these things from the archangel, he took me and led me into a fourth heaven. And I beheld a level plain, and in the midst of it a pool of water. And there were in it multitudes of birds of all kinds, but not like those here upon earth. But I beheld a crane as great as great oxen; and all the birds were great beyond those in the world. And I asked the angel, What is the plain, and what the pool, and what the multitudes of birds round about it? And the angel said, Hearken, Baruch: The plain which containeth in it the pool and other wonders is the place whither the souls of the righteous come, when they hold converse, dwelling together in companies. But the water is that which the clouds receive, and rain upon the earth, and the fruits increase. And I said again unto the angel of the Lord, But what are these birds? And he said unto me, They are those which continually sing praise unto the Lord. And I said, Lord, and how do men say that the water which descendeth in rain is from the sea? And the angel said, The water which descendeth in rain, this also is from the sea, and from the waters upon earth; but that which nourisheth the fruits is only from the latter fountain. Know therefore henceforth that from this fountain is what is called the dew of heaven.