In Enoch 1, the sin of the angels is the begetting children with the women of the earth and teaching them the secrets of heaven. There were 200 angels that agreed to this pact and recognized it as sin, “I fear ye will not agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin” (Enoch 1, 6: 3-4). The angel Azazel taught the men to make weapons and armor from metal, as well as jewelry and make-up. Other angels report to the Lord the crimes committed by the angels and chiefly by Azazel, “Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which men were striving to learn” (Enoch 1, 9:6-7). In Enoch 2, the Lord commands ten angels to stand in order, but one goes astray and commits a sin: “And one from the order of angels, having turned away with the order that was under him, conceived an impossible thought, to place his throne higher than the clouds above the earth, that he might become equal in rank to my power” (Enoch 2, 29:3).
In both stories, a single angel is cast out of heaven as punishment. In Enoch 1, the Lord punishes Azazel by casting him into the darkness, for he is the source of sin. He says that “the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin” (Enoch 1, 10: 8-9). In Enoch 2, the Lord “threw him out from the height with his angels, and he was flying in the air continuously above the bottomless” (Enoch 2, 29:4).
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