3. I wrote down their months, as they occur, and the appearance of their
light, until it is completed in fifteen days.
4. In each of its two seven portions it completes all its light at
rising and at setting.
5. On stated months it changes _its_ settings; and on stated months it
makes its progress _through_ each _gate_. In two _gates_ the moon sets
with the sun, _viz._ in those two gates which are in the midst, in the
third and fourth gate. _From the third gate_ it goes forth for seven
days, and makes its circuit.
6. Again it returns to the gate whence the sun goes forth, and in that
completes the whole of its light. Then it declines from the sun, and
enters in eight days into the sixth gate, _and returns in seven days to
the third gate_, from which the sun goes forth.
7. When the sun proceeds to the fourth gate, the _moon_ goes forth for
seven days, until it passes from the fifth _gate_.
8. Again it returns in seven days to the fourth gate, and completing all
its light, declines, and passes on by the first gate in eight days;
9. And returns in seven days to the fourth gate, from which the sun goes
forth.
10. Thus I beheld their stations, as according to the fixed order of the
months the sun rises and sets.
11. At those times there is an excess of thirty days belonging to the
sun in five years; all the days belonging to each year of the five
years, when completed, amount to three hundred and sixty-four days; and
to the sun and stars belong six days; six days in each of the five
years; _thus_ thirty days belong to them;