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Firmament

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: F By: James P. Boyd

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(made firm). Overhead expanse (Gen. 1:17¹⁷And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (Genesis 1:17)); solid (Ex. 24:10¹⁰And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. (Exodus 24:10)); with windows and doors (Gen. 7:11¹¹In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Genesis 7:11); Isa. 24:18¹⁸And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. (Isaiah 24:18); Psa. 78:23²³Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, (Psalm 78:23)).

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