Ecclesiasticus 43:7
From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- A luna signum diei festi : luminare quod minuitur in consummatione.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Day. The lunar system prevailed only after the captivity. The Passover was celebrated on the 14th of the moon of Nisan.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.