OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 43:7

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7

From the moon is the sign of feast days, a light that wanes when it completes its course.

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Verse 7. Day. The lunar system prevailed only after the captivity. The Passover was celebrated on the 14th of the moon of Nisan.

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