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Night
The darkness first called - Ge 1:5
Caused by God - Ps 104:20
Belongs to God - Ps 74:16
The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from - Ge 1:14
The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by - Ge 1:16-18; Jer 31:35
Commenced at sunset - Ge 28:11
Continued until sunrise - Ps 104:22; Mt 28:1; Mr 16:2
REGULAR SUCCESSION OF
- Established by covenant
- Ge 8:22; Jer 33:20- Ordained for the glory of God
- Ps 19:2Originally divided into three watches - La 2:19; Jud 7:19; Ex 14:24
Divided into four watches by the Romans - Lu 12:38; Mt 14:25; Mr 13:35
FREQUENTLY
- Exceeding dark
- Pr 7:9- Cold and frosty
- Ge 31:40; Jer 36:30- Accompanied by heavy dew
- Nu 11:9; Jud 6:38,40; Job 29:19; So 5:2Unsuitable for labour - Joh 9:4
Unsuitable for travelling - Joh 11:10
Designed for rest - Ps 104:23
Wearisome to the afflicted - Job 7:3,4
Favourable to the purposes of the wicked - Ge 31:39; Job 24:14,15; Ob 1:5; 1Th 5:2
Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during - 2Sa 21:10; Ps 104:21,22
THE JEWS
- Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
- Le 19:13- Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during
- De 21:23- In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
- Ps 6:6; 30:5; Joe 1:13- In affliction spent, in prayer
- Ps 22:2- Often kept lamps burning during
- Pr 31:18Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during - Ge 31:40; Lu 2:8
Eastern fishermen continued their employment during - Lu 5:5; Joh 21:3
GOD FREQUENTLY
- Revealed his will in
- Ge 31:24; 46:2; Nu 22:30; Da 7:2- Visited his people in
- 1Ki 3:5; Ps 17:3- Executed his judgments in
- Ex 12:12; 2Ki 19:35; Job 27:20; Da 5:30ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Spiritual darkness
- Ro 13:12- Seasons of severe calamities
- Isa 21:12; Am 5:8- Seasons of spiritual desertion
- So 3:1- Death
- Joh 9:4 Next Topic (Nile, The River)