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Genesis 1:16

Genesis 1:16

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to rule: Heb. for the rule, etc. Deuteronomy 4:19; Joshua 10:12-14; Job 31:26, Job 38:7; Psalms 8:3, Psalms 19:6, Psalms 74:16; Psalms 136:7-8, Psalms 136:9, Psalms 148:3, Psalms 148:5; Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 45:7; Habakkuk 3:11; Matthew 24:29; Matthew 27:45; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Revelation 16:8-9, Revelation 21:23

he made the stars also: Or, with the stars also

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