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  • I disagree with both options. I think the day starts at 12.00 am and ends at 11.59 pm.
  • In Genesis, each of the descriptions of the days of creation is ended with: ". . .the evening and the morning were the [1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.] day."
  • what? how else would it be. This is not exclusively judeo-christian idea. Geocentrism is pretty much how it goes for the rest of the world as well. It has nothing to do with modern heliocentric ideas about there being 24hrs in a day. The word day does not even mean the same thing there. One idea takes "night" into consideration, one does not. For planetary science 'night' does not exists.
  • I was taught that in Biblical times the day starts at sunset. == Easton's Bible Dictionary The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Leviticus 23:32). -- It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at EVEN, from EVEN unto EVEN, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
  • Considering the sources, none
  • You are correct. This concept is from the Old Testament, which was long ago, and over time, things change. There are many things that were accepted as normal during Old Testament times that would be considered odd by today's standards. One of the best things I've learned about Bible study is to try to undersatand everything as it was during the time it was written, not by today's standards. Things make more sense that way. I guess modern civilization would say that the day starts around 5am, when the clock says it starts at 12am, so we still don't have it right!

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