Deuteronomy 4:19

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Summary

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.

When thou

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General references

Bible References

When thou

and has gone to worship other gods by bowing down to the sun, moon, or all the stars in the sky—which I have forbidden—

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and the whole heavenly host. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,

They will be exposed to the sun, the moon, and the whole heavenly host, which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the surface of the soil.

So He brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house, and there were about 25 men at the entrance of the Lord’s temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?

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God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars.

On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

You alone are Yahweh.
You created the heavens,
the highest heavens with all their host,
the earth and all that is on it,
the seas and all that is in them.
You give life to all of them,
and the heavenly host worships You.

The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun.

He made the great lights:
His love is eternal.

Praise Him, sun and moon;
praise Him, all you shining stars.

This is what the Lord says:

The One who gives the sun for light by day,
the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar—
Yahweh of Hosts is His name:

This is what the Lord says: If I do not keep My covenant with the day and with the night and fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,

so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

General references

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

He made the moon to mark the festivals;
the sun knows when to set.

He made the great lights:
His love is eternal.

There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.