Bible Dictionary: The Moon: Appointed: To Rule the Night

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Genesis 1:16
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.
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Psalm 136:9
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures for ever.
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Library

Influence of the Moon and Stars on Men.
... of the moon, that the cause of so great an evil is not the dumb and deaf demon,
but the great light in heaven which was appointed "to rule by night," and which ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/6 influence of the moon.htm

The Meaning
... 47] , brought forth a King "who was to rule all nations ... luminary, for the dominion
of the night, why should not the symbol of the moon, appointed to the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the meaning 3.htm

How the Abbot Ceolfrid Sent Master-Builders to the King of the ...
... and do violence to the term of Easter appointed by the Law ... for the celebration of
Easter; but that moon which is ... the day, and the lesser light to rule the night ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxi how the abbot.htm

Concerning Light, Fire, the Luminaries, Sun, Moon and Stars.
... the moon and the stars, to have rule and authority ... The course which the Creator
[1721] appointed for them to ... For the divine David says, The moon and the stars ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter vii concerning light fire the.htm

The Friend Whose Years do not Fail. Rev. W. Arthur, MA
... When the Lord made the sun to rule the day and the moon to rule the night it ... with
its regulated, measured appointed movement; steady, by rule it rises to ...
/.../king/the wesleyan methodist pulpit in malvern/the friend whose years do.htm

Certain Prayers and Laws.
... but His servant as the only begotten God, and one appointed bishop of ... the sun to
have rule over the day, and the moon and the stars to have rule over the ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iv certain prayers and laws.htm

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds
... the throne of God, standing in serried ranks, marshalled not for battle but for
music, on certain set and appointed days they ... The moon to rule the night ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the sympathy of the two.htm

On the Creation of the World
... and the lesser, that the one might rule over the ... Counsel; when it made sun and moon
and other ... Therefore, doubtless, there are appointed also twelve angels of ...
/.../victorinus/on the creation of the world/on the creation of the.htm

Excerpts of Theodotus;
... the sun. For he is appointed for rule over days; as the moon is for ruling
over night. [281] Now angels are called days. Along with ...
/.../theodotus/excerpts of theodotus/excerpts of theodotus.htm

Chastity the Chief Ornament of the True Tabernacle; Seven
... men not yet being complete; and the sun arising to rule the day, and the moon the
night ... Then, when the appointed times shall have been accomplished, and God ...
/.../chapter i chastity the chief ornament.htm

Subtopics

Moon

Moon: Created by God

Moon: Darkening of

Moon: Feast of the New Moon

Moon: Feast of the New Moon: Traffic at the Time of, Prohibited

Moon: Its Influences

Moon: Its Light

Moon: Joseph's Dream Concerning

Moon: No Light of, in Heaven

Moon: Seasons of (Months)

Moon: Shining of