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Hadarniel

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in the Talmud, is an angel of the heaven of fixed stars, and commander of fire; therefore more than twelve thousand flashes of lightning come from his mouth at every word he utters.. He would. not allow Moses to wander through the air, when the latter came, at the command of God, to receive the law. God chided him, therefore he offered his services, to go before Moses, and announce his words.