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A '''day''' is the amount of time it takes for the [[earth]] turn once around its axis: 24 hours. It can also be defined as 86,400 [[SI]] seconds.<ref>[http://asa.usno.navy.mil/SecM/Glossary.html#day The Astronomical Almanac]</ref> According to the [[Bible|Biblical]] book of [[Genesis]] [[God]] created the heavens and the earth in six days, and rested on the [[Sabbath|seventh]].<ref>Genesis 1:1-2:24</ref>  It should be noted that a day within the Bible is not always a 24 hour period.  Sometimes, to God, a day is as a thousand years. <ref>Psalms 90:4, II Peter 3:8</ref>  Also, the Hebrew word used for day in Genesis, ''yom'', can also mean a longer, unspecified period of time. <ref>http://www.answersincreation.org/yom_hebrew.htm</ref>
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A '''day''' is the amount of time it takes for a given [[planet]] turn once around its axis.
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On [[Earth]], a day is 24 hours. It can also be defined as 86,400 [[SI]] seconds.<ref>[http://asa.usno.navy.mil/SecM/Glossary.html#day The Astronomical Almanac]</ref> According to the [[Bible|Biblical]] book of [[Genesis]] [[God]] created the heavens and the earth in six days, and rested on the [[Sabbath|seventh]].<ref>Genesis 1:1-2:24</ref>  It should be noted that a day within the Bible is not always a 24 hour period.  Sometimes, to God, a day is as a thousand years. <ref>Psalms 90:4, II Peter 3:8</ref>  Also, the Hebrew word used for day in Genesis, ''yom'', can also mean a longer, unspecified period of time. <ref>http://www.answersincreation.org/yom_hebrew.htm</ref>
    
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