The Leviathan of the sea is the Righteous-One, the head, which is the Middle Pillar, reaches to the seventh sea, which is the head of them all, and its two fins and two scales in four seas, are their dimensions.
The dimension of the tail of the snake, reaches to the final, seventh sea, – which includes the seven seas – about which it is stated: (Ps. 119:164) Seven times in the day I have praised you.’
Rabbi Shim’on said: ‘My son, behold, ‘masters of defensive shields’, are descending from above, dressed in armour, their bows are bows of fire, and their spears are of fire, and their swords are of flame.