Editing Samael (section)

===Other traditions===
Samael is also depicted as the angel of death and one of the seven archangels, the ruler over the [[Fifth Heaven]] and commander of two million angels such as the chief of all the [[Destroying angel (Bible)|destroying angel]]s.

According to the apocryphal ''[[Life of Adam and Eve|Gedulat Moshe]]'' (''The Apocalypse of Moses'', "The Ascension of Moses" in ''The [[Legends of the Jews]]'' by [[Louis Ginzberg]]) Samael is also mentioned as being in 7th&nbsp;Heaven:

{{Blockquote|In the last heaven Moses saw two angels, each five hundred [[parasang]]s in height, forged out of chains of black fire and red fire, the angels Af, "Anger", and Hemah, "Wrath", whom God created at the beginning of the world, to execute His will. [[Moses]] was disquieted when he looked upon them, but [[Metatron]] embraced him, and said, "Moses, Moses, thou favorite of God, fear not, and be not terrified," and Moses became calm. There was another angel in the seventh heaven, different in appearance from all the others, and of frightful mien. His height was so great, it would have taken five hundred years to cover a distance equal to it, and from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet he was studded with glaring eyes. "This one," said Metatron, addressing Moses, "is Samael, who takes the soul away from man." "Whither goes he now?" asked Moses, and Metatron replied, "To fetch the soul of [[Job (biblical figure)|Job]] the pious." Thereupon Moses prayed to God in these words, "O may it be Thy will, my God and the God of my fathers, not to let me fall into the hands of this angel."<ref>Ginzberg, Louis, ''[https://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SPB31RCLKVMV6VL The Legends of the Jews— Volume 2: From Joseph to the Exodus]'', [https://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8JVRAVUWX4DS9GD The Ascension of Moses], Forgotten Books, April 21, 2018, {{ISBN|978-0265621684}}.</ref>}}