Exod. xxiii. 20.METATRON. The Hebrews give this Name to the first of those Angels, who conducted them in the Desart, and of whom it is said by Moses, Behold I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the Way, and to bring thee into the Place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his Voice. In Respect of the Israelites he performed the Duty of that Officer among the Romans, whom they called Metator. He marked out their Encampments, drew out the Form of them, their Dimensions and Extent. Metatron is plainly formed from the Latin Word Metator. ‘Tis supposed to be Michael the Arch-angel, who was at the Head of the People in the Wilderness; that it was he who wrestled with Jacob, and who is called the Face of God in Exodus; Exod. xxxiv. 14.My Face shall go before you; and that he is the Mediator between God and Man, that he writes down their good Actions, and preserves them in a Register.
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