8 The month is called after its name, increasing wonderfully in its changing— an instrument of the army on high, shining in the structure of heaven, (WEB) 9 the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord. (WEB) 10 At the word of the Holy One, they will stand in due order. They won’t faint in their watches. (WEB)
Sirach 43:8–10
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Sirach 43:1–2
1 The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear sky, the appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory. (WEB) 2 The sun, when it appears, bringing tidings as it rises, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High. (WEB)
Sirach 50:5–7
5 How glorious he was when the people gathered around him as he came out of the house of the veil! (WEB) 6 He was like the morning star among clouds, like the full moon, (WEB) 7 like the sun shining on the temple of the Most High, like the rainbow shining in clouds of glory, (WEB)
Psalms 89:36–38
36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, 37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah 38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
Baruch 3:33–35
33 It is he who sends forth the light, and it goes. He called it, and it obeyed him with fear. (WEB) 34 The stars shone in their watches, and were glad. When he called them, they said, “Here we are.” They shone with gladness to him who made them. (WEB) 35 This is our God. No other… (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:21–23
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Odes of Solomon 16:13–15
13 And created things run in their courses, and do their works: (ODE) 14 And they know not how to stand and be idle; and His heavenly hosts are subject to His word. (ODE) 15 The treasure-chamber of the light is the sun, and the treasury of the darkness is the night: (ODE)
Testament of Levi 1:19–21
19 And in the second are the hosts Of the armies which are ordained for the day of judgement, to work vengeance on the spirits of deceit and of Beliar. (T12) 20 And above them are the holy ones. (T12) 21 And in the highest of all dwelleth the Great Glory, far above all holiness. (T12)
Book of Enoch 69:20–22
20 And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course, And deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity. (ENO) 21 And through that oath the stars complete their course, And He calls them by their names, And they answer Him from eternity to eternity. (ENO)
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