Genesis 1:17

¹⁷ And God put^◦ them in the expanse of the heavens, to give··light on the earth;

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Three and a half

In Revelation 11:9, this signifies to the end and the beginning, or to the end of the present church and the beginning of a new church. (Apocalypse Revealed 505) It also signifies the same as a week because it is half of seven. (Apocalypse Revealed 505[2])