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19 Bible Verses About Sunset, and Why Scripture Starts the Day There

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  • In the Bible the day begins at sunset: “there was evening and there was morning, the first day”, which is why a sabbath starts on Friday night.
  • That means the day opens with darkness and sleep, before any of our work is done — and Psalm 127:2 calls the sleep a gift.
  • In Mark 1:32 the town waits until sundown to bring the sick, most likely because the sabbath had ended.
  • In Genesis 15 God passes between the pieces alone, after dark, while Abram sleeps.
  • Ephesians 4:26 uses sunset as a limit: anger is not to be carried past the end of the day.

In the Bible the day begins at sunset, so a sunset marks the start of a day as well as the end of one. Genesis counts each day of creation as “evening and morning” (Genesis 1:5), and the law sets the Day of Atonement “from evening to evening” (Leviticus 23:32). Jewish practice still counts days this way, which is why the sabbath begins on Friday evening. The verses below cover where the day starts, sunset as a time for praise,…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

The evening-to-evening reckoning of Genesis 1:5 governs the sabbath command at Leviticus 23:32, “from evening to evening”.

The evening sacrifice David refers to at Psalm 141:2 is prescribed at Exodus 29:38-41.

The recognition at Emmaus follows the invitation of Luke 24:29 at Luke 24:30-31.

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