Genesis 1:14-18

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¹⁴And God said, “Let there be lights^(A) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,^(B) and let them serve as signs^(C) to mark sacred times,^(D) and days and years,^(E) ¹⁵and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.^(F) ¹⁶God made two great lights—the greater light^(G) to govern^(H) the day and the lesser light to govern^(I) the night.^(J) He also made the stars.^(K) ¹⁷God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, ¹⁸to govern the day and the night,^(L) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.^(M)

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Deuteronomy 4:19

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¹⁹And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,^(A) the moon and the stars^(B)—all the heavenly array^(C)—do not be enticed^(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping^(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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Deuteronomy 4:19 in all English translations

Psalm 19:1-6

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Psalm 19^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹The heavens^(A) declare^(B) the glory of God;^(C)
    the skies^(D) proclaim the work of his hands.^(E)
²Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.^(F)
³They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
⁴Yet their voice^[b] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.^(G)
In the heavens God has pitched a tent^(H) for the sun.^(I)
⁵    It is like a bridegroom^(J) coming out of his chamber,^(K)
    like a champion^(L) rejoicing to run his course.
⁶It rises at one end of the heavens^(M)
    and makes its circuit to the other;^(N)
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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Footnotes

Psalm 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-14 is numbered 19:2-15.
Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

Psalm 136:7-9

New International Version

⁷who made the great lights^(A)—
His love endures forever.
⁸the sun to govern^(B) the day,
His love endures forever.
⁹the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.