i. Their names are omitted deliberately: Sun and Moon, deified by all the neighbouring peoples, are here no more than lamps that light the earth and regulate the calendar. j. ‘creeping’ or ‘gliding’, vv. 20–21, or ‘moving’, v. 28. Here, snakes, lizards, insects and small animals. k. It is possible that this plural form implies a discussion between God and his heavenly court (the angels, see 3:5, 22); our text was thus understood by the Gk version of Ps 8:5 (quoted in Heb 2:7). Alternatively, the