And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off

You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

Oil for the Lamp

“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.

And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.

“And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels.”

“Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”

The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”

And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was light.

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

Now then rise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who came with you, and start early in the morning, and depart as soon as you have light.”

So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.

And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.

For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs.

And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.

This is a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will also give the Moabites into your hand,

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household.”

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs.

By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.

you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go.

The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.

Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it.

Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning,

Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness.”

He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.

They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.

The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.

You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.

The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.

Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?

He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.

But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.’

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.

Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.

He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.

He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.

Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

“And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.

From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,

What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?

His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.

There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!

Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.

For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.