The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on: Compare Dan 12.3; Matt 13.43; 4 Macc 17.5. Two possible models for this verse are:

• Sixth [or, In the sixth stage], they learn that they will live as long as the stars shine, with their faces shining like the sun.

• In the sixth stage, they learn that they will live forever, shining like the stars, and with their faces….

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.