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Boyd's Bible Dictionary: M
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James P. Boyd
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(measurer). Conjointly with the sun, appointed for signs, seasons, days, months and years. Regulator of religious festivals (
Gen. 1:14-18
14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:14‑18)
). Worship of, forbidden (
Deut. 4:19
19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. (Deuteronomy 4:19)
). Used largely figuratively (
Isa. 13:10
10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (Isaiah 13:10)
;
Matt. 24:29
29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (Matthew 24:29)
;
Mark 13:24
24
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, (Mark 13:24)
).
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