The Forty-Two Assessors serve under Osiris in the Hall of Two Truths, each divine judge hearing confessions on his behalf as part of the tribunal he presides over as lord of the dead.
Those declared 'true of voice' by the Forty-Two Assessors and the weighing of the heart proceed to Aaru, the Field of Reeds, where they enjoy eternal life among the blessed dead.
The Forty-Two Assessors interrogate the deceased during the Negative Confession, and their judgment precedes the weighing of the heart that determines whether Ammit devours the soul.
Book of the Dead Chapter 125 lists the Forty-Two Assessors by name and provides the text of the Negative Confession each deceased must recite before them.
The Forty-Two Assessors sit in the Hall of Two Truths alongside Osiris, each hearing one of the deceased's forty-two denials of sin during the Negative Confession before the weighing of the heart.
Those condemned by the Forty-Two Assessors face the Lake of Fire, where supernatural flames annihilate the souls of the wicked who failed the Negative Confession and the weighing of the heart.
Each of the Forty-Two Assessors wears the feather of Ma'at and embodies one facet of cosmic truth — the deceased must satisfy every aspect of her law or be found wanting before the scales.
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