Sirach 43:6

6 The moon stands at its proper time, a notification of times and an everlasting sign.

Sirach 43:6 In-Context

4 A person blows on a furnace, working in its burning heat, but the sun is three times hotter when it burns up mountains. When it breathes out fiery vapors, and shines forth its rays, it blinds eyes.

5 Great is the Lord who made it; it speeds on its course by his command.

6 The moon stands at its proper time, a notification of times and an everlasting sign.

7 The sign for a feast comes from the moon, a luminous body that wanes when it completes its course.

8 The new moon shares the character of its name, increasing wonderfully as it changes, a signal on high for armies, shining in the vault of the sky.

Footnotes

• [a] Heb The moon indicates the seasons