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

Which the lord

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Bible References

When thou

Some worship and bow down to other gods, the sun, the moon, or the whole army of heaven. I have forbidden this.

Then the king ordered the high priest Hilkiah, the priests who served under Hilkiah, and the doorkeepers to remove from Jehovah's Temple all utensils that had been made for Baal, Asherah, and the entire army of heaven. Josiah burned the utensils outside Jerusalem. It was in an open field near the Kidron Brook. Then he carried their ashes to Bethel.

if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,

They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky. These are the things that they had loved, served, gone after, sought, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered or buried, but they will become manure on the ground.

So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.

Did you bring sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

Which the lord

God made the two great lights. The sun was to govern the day. The moon was to govern the night. He made the stars also.

Joshua spoke to Jehovah the day when Jehovah delivered the Amorites to the children of Israel. He said in sight of Israel: Sun, stand still upon Gibeon; and Moon, stand still in the valley of Ajalon.

You are Jehovah, even you only! You made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them. You keep them from destruction and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

The day and the night are yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

To him who made the great lights. His loving kindness is everlasting:

Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all shining stars.

Jehovah provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. This is what Jehovah says:

Jehovah says: 'If My covenant for day and night do not stand and I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth,

You will then act as true children of your Father in heaven. He gives sunlight to both evil and good people. He sends rain for the just and the unjust.

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Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

You made the moon for the seasons. The sun knows the place of its setting.

To him who made the great lights. His loving kindness is everlasting:

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. For one star differs from another star in glory.