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"The ravmalakim shall command the ishim by platoons. When the ravmalak has attained the age of twenty-four years and has not advanced to the ranks of the sarim, he shall be discharged from the army and shall be accountable to worship Elyon even as do the former malakim.

"The sarim shall command the ravmalakim by companies. When the ravmalak has attained the age of twenty-seven years and has not advanced to the ranks of the erelim, he shall be discharged from the army but he shall be numbered with the Eyes of Elyon and shall lead len in their worship of Elyon for so long as he lives.

"Outside of the temples and the army the sarim enforce the decrees of Elyon among his people, and they enforce the decrees of the king insofar as they do not make the law of Elyon of none effect.

"The erelim shall command the sarim of the army by battalions and he shall be numbered with the Eyes of Elyon as inspectors. The erel holds his appointment for life.

"The hashmalim are numbered among the noble born of the angels of Heaven, equal in standing to a baron. A hashmal commands the erelim of the army by brigades but when erelim act in their role as inspectors in the Eyes of Elyon the hashmal holds no authority over him.

"When a dispute arises between two len among the common folk a hashmal shall be appointed to act as their arbiter and none, even among the great lords, shall gainsay his ruling.

"The princes among the angels of Heaven are the ophanim, equal in standing to a count. An ophan commands the hashmalim by divisions and appoints the hashmalim as magistrates in all disputes that go before law.

"The kings in Heaven are the cherubim, equal in standing to a duke. A cherub commands the ophanim by armies and rules in disputes among the nobility of Heaven. The giving of the sceptre is without repentance: a cherub cannot be removed from his throne but through death.

When the words of the interloper Hashmal Zadkiel reached the ears of King Melchiyahu through his officers he was summoned to appear before the cherub. Zadkiel found he didn’t rate an audience before the actual throne. He met Melchiyahu in his salon and was announced by the majordomo.