5 Great is the Lord who made it. At his word, he hastens on its course. (WEB) 6 The moon marks the changing seasons, declares times, and is a sign for the world. (WEB) 7 From the moon is the sign of feast days, a light that wanes when it completes its course. (WEB)
Sirach 43:5–7
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Psalms 104:18–20
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers. 19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set. 20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
Psalms 89:36–38
36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, 37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah 38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
Job 26:8–10
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. 9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. 10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Sirach 43:11–13
11 Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it. It is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness. (WEB) 12 It encircles the sky with its glorious circle. The hands of the Most High have stretched it out. (WEB) 13 By his commandment, he makes the snow fall and swiftly sends the lig… (WEB)
Psalms 74:15–17
15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. 16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun. 17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
Book of Enoch 82:8–10
8 And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men—sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of the heaven which revolve in their circular chariots. (ENO) 9 And these are the orders of the stars, which set in their places, and in… (ENO) 10 … (ENO)
Psalms 136:6–8
6 He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever. 7 He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever. 8 the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.
Book of Enoch 80:3–5
3 And in those times the fruits of the earth shall be backward, And shall not grow in their time, And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time. (ENO) 4 And the moon shall alter her order, And not appear at her time. (ENO) 5 [And in those days the sun shall be seen… (ENO)
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